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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
Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
— Jacoby Shaddix
Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
— Oriana Fallaci
I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of a man in my life.
— Riccardo Tisci
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
— William Temple
Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
— Gerrit Smith
Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.
— David Gemmell
A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.
— Henny Youngman
Sometimes I think that all mankind exist but to be bought and sold: The rich man's paramour is gold, the poor man's goddess, gold, gold, gold.
— Ridgely Torrence
Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
— Alexander Pope
I want to live like a poor man with lots of money.
— Pablo Picasso
Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.
— Roger Chamberlain
The man who has been wealthy is dunned more civilly than the fellow who has ever been poor.
— Geraldine Brooks
Six months later, I was poor, pregnant, and married to a man who read Dogfu**er magazine.
— Rebecca O'Donnell
many rich men and high dignitaries would willingly exchange their palaces for the poor man's cottage if they could only acquire his peace of heart.
— John Of Kronstadt
Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.
— William Graham Sumner
A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king.
— Boonaa Mohammed
Money is a poor man's credit card.
— Marshall McLuhan
If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor - poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.
— Herbert Newton Casson
If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.
— Ambrose Of Milan
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
— Denis Diderot
The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.
— Orison Swett Marden
Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
— Clement Attlee
In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
— Abraham Lincoln
Guilt, the poor man's mind control.
— Karen Kijewski
Your heart determines if you are rich or poor
— Sonya Withrow
If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?
— Sara Sheridan
A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
— Frederick The Great
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf,But that he sees the Romans are but sheep:
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds. — William Shakespeare
If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor.
— William Prescott
Piety's hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man's piety stinks. It's insufferable.
— Archibald MacLeish
The dream of poor Bazin had always been to serve a man of the cloth.
— Alexandre Dumas
Street music is always good even it is bad, because actually there is only one melody over there: The melody of life struggle of a poor man!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich.
— Peter Ustinov
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.
— Thomas Babington Macaulay
I DIDN'T KNOW THE POOR MAN laid out in his birthday suit on Claire's table, only that his death might have been related to the Del Norte tragedy.
— James Patterson
When a man don't know his own mind, Miss Shirley, ma'am, how's a poor woman going to be sure of it?
— L.M. Montgomery
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything.
— Bruce Springsteen
One who knew how to appropriate the true value of this world would be the poorest man in it. The poor rich man! all he has is whathe has bought.
— Henry David Thoreau
I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.
— John Cassavetes
A live broke man is 'luckier' than a dead rich man.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Reading is poor man's way of travelling not just around the world but into the minds of people.
— Anonymous
Expensive clothing is a poor man's attempt to appear prosperous.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less
— Christian Nestell Bovee
Harold?' 'Poor man, I suppose
— Kate Atkinson
What horrifying torture this poor man must have endured. Out of a wise man they have made a miserable bundle of flesh and bones.
— Rafik Schami
The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach,the rich man to get a stomach to his meat. — Benjamin Franklin
A century ago, life screwed that poor man and me because we were too young, and now they want to do the same thing because we are too old.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
![Poor Man Quotes By George Bernard Shaw: HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/poor-man-quotes-by-george-bernard-shaw-173925.jpg "Poor Man Quotes By George Bernard Shaw: HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant")
HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me. — George Bernard Shaw
A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.
— James Montgomery Bailey
Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself
— Swami Vivekananda
It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of Mammon than some rich men.
— George MacDonald
A rich man's war and a poor man's fight ...
— Shelby Foote
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.
— Baruch Spinoza
Poor is the man whom is not content with what he has.
— Rita Gonzalez
Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
— George Bernard Shaw
The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
— Khalil Gibran
Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art.
— William Shakespeare
Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.
— William Shakespeare
He is a poor man who can only measure his wealth in dollars.
— Woodrow M. Kroll
O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.
— William Shakespeare
Music is the poor man's Parnassus.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men are good. But they are poor victims making themselves miserable under the false belief that they are doing good.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.
— W.H. Davies
The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
— Laurence J. Peter
Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us.
— Mary Pope Osborne
Even a poor man can receive honors.
— Sophocles
Money is just the poor man's credit card.
— Marshall McLuhan
Late to bed, late to rise, makes a man unhealthy, poor, and stupid.
— Gregor Collins
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
— Solomon
And many a poor man that has roved Loved and thought himself beloved From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
— William Butler Yeats
The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.
— Ethel Mumford
Man must be happy, as happy as a poor child cheerfully playing with his poor toy!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.
— Teresa Of Avila
The poor man is poor because he will not heed instruction.
— Fred C. White