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No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRead
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.
Benjamin FranklinRead
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
Nelson MandelaRead
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom RobbinsRead
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
Rainer Maria RilkeRead
Like the mind-set that places men above women, whites above blacks, and rich above poor, the mentality that places humans above nature is a dysfunctional delusion.
Petra KellyRead
Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born, And all poor April's charms are swept away.
John ClareRead
Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.
Benjamin FranklinRead
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks
William ShakespeareRead
If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty
Oscar WildeRead
We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?
Michael JordanRead
The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.
Dalai LamaRead
Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.
Malcolm ForbesRead
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
Charles DickensRead
Help, master, help! here's a fish hangs in the net, like a poor man's right in the law; 'twill hardly come out.
William ShakespeareRead
The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm, perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door, is an emblem of the state of man.
Marsilio FicinoRead
We're poor little lambs who've lost our way, Baa! Baa! Baa! We're little black sheep who've gone astray, Baa-aa-aa! Gentlemen-rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity, God ha' mercy on such as we, Baa! Yah! Bah!
Rudyard KiplingRead
Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
John DonneRead
It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.
Nathaniel BrandenRead
Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.
C. S. LewisRead
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.
ConfuciusRead

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