#poor man

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Even a poor man can receive honors. ↗

— Sophocles

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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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

— Ovid

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Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth. ↗

— Sydney Madwed

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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture. ↗

— Plautus

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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

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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

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

— Gene Simmons

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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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