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Saturday, September 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Quotations regarding 'Poor'

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Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store.
Edward Dyer, English Poet
During the winter when the weather is too poor to work outside, I do use drawings and photographs, but I change my work so it is not just a time and place study.
John Dyer, -
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, Austrian Novelist (1830-1916)
But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.
Bulent Ecevit, Politician (1925-  )
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.
Charles Edwards, Leader
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
Albert Einstein, German Physicist (1879-1955)
I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn't know it then.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President (1890-1969)
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
George Eliot, British Author (1819-1880)
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)
I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.
Eminem, American Musician (1972-  )
While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.
Eliot Engel, American Politician (1947-  )
Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect (1924-  )
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Euripides, Greek Poet
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Euripides, Greek Poet
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.
Charles Evers, American Activist (1922-  )
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, Italian Journalist (1929-  )
War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation.
Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist (1929-  )
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.
Paul Farmer, American Educator (1959-  )
In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
Paul Farmer, American Educator (1959-  )
Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.
Louis Farrakhan, American Activist (1933-  )
 
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