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Poor Quotes - Page 17

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.

Walter Scott (2015). “Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles: Complete Autobiographical Writings, Journal & Notes, Accompanied with Extended Biographies and Reminiscences of the Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering”, p.195, e-artnow

Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.

"Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth". Book by T. Harv Eker, February 15, 2005.

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

In 'Sidney Smith: His Wit and Wisdom' (1900) p. 89 Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. On William Whewell, in Isaac Todhunter 'William Whewell' (1876) vol. 1, p. 410

If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him

Swami Vivekananda “My Idea of Education”, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.

Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Rafael Sabatini (2013). “Scaramouche Plus Bardelys the Magnificent”, p.229, DoctorZed Publishing

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1043, Wordsworth Editions

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.

Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

Poor people always lose in struggles.

"Ptolemy's Geography" edited by Michael Servetus, 1535.

Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.55