#poor man

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. ↗

— Ovid

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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. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#beggar #both #envy #guilt #his

It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.' ↗

— Johann Most

#compels #day #every #every day #himself

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#blunder #crime #despised #easy #enough

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. ↗

— Michelangelo

#art #extend #given #god #i

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#like #live #man #ok #poor

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

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A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. ↗

— W. C. Fields

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Even a poor man can receive honors. ↗

— Sophocles

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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. ↗

— Democritus

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