#poor man

The poor man is he who, having much, craves for more. ↗

— Marcus Minucius Felix

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

— W. C. Fields

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

— Pablo Picasso

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He who does not believe has no soul. He is empty. He has no ideals. He has nothing to live for. He has no sunshine, no light, no joy in life. He is a poor, poor man. ↗

— Robert Ley

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

— Democritus

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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

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Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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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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