poor - quotes

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819-1880

was an English novelist

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Herman Melville, 1819-1891

was an US novelist and sailor

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983

was an American social writer and philosopher

The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.

( “The True Believer”, 1951 )

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

was an US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, and printer

Take it from Richard, poor and lame,
what's begun in anger ends in shame.

( “Poor Richard's Almanack”, 1732 - 1758 )

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819-1880

was an English novelist

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.