Quotes on Riches And Poors

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

The rich get richer and the poor get - children.

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.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.