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Poverty

«Come away; poverty's catching»
Author: Aphra Behn | About: Poverty | Keywords: catching, come away
«A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face»
Author: Juvenal | About: Poverty, Theft | Keywords: robber, whistle
«But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.»
«Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.»
Author: Pope John XXIII | About: Poverty | Keywords: honored
«A poor man is shunned by all his relatives - how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found»
«Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.»
«Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau (Essayist, Philosopher, Poet) | About: Poverty | Keywords: herb, sage
«Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran (Essayist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Equality, Generations, Poverty | Keywords: woes
«Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor»
Author: Marcus Aurelius | About: Poverty
«Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks»

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