Quotes about poverty
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This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes tocondemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth! Charles Dickens
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Poverty isn’t solved with donations. Carlos Slim
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One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public. Charles Lamb
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We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.
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In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.
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As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work Charles Baudelaire
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It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best. Bill Gates
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China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
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Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
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Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites. John Powell
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Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary William Shakespeare
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The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still. Billy Sunday
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In a lot of ways, these communities are success stories. They are some of the most healthy, stable and vital municipalities in the country. But there are significant warning signs. Poverty is one of those.
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If you can keep yourself with poverty you have no need of riches
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Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot. Jack Klugman
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure. J. C. Ryle
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Have the courage to appear poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting. Anna Jameson
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Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty. Bernie Sanders
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I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. Kirk Douglas
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Poverty can lead to tyranny. Capitolism creates freedom. If the poor had a better image of the rich they could be just like them. Josh Bernstein
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The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
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He is not poor who has the use of necessary things. [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.] Horace
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Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest. Henry David Thoreau
poverty vehicle one-thing
Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty. Jerry Doyle
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves. Jerry Garcia
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Look at your own poverty welcome it cherish it don't be afraid share your death because thus you will share your love and your life Jean Vanier
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Proper prospecting prevents poverty. Jeffrey Gitomer
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Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. Jean Paul
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere Jawaharlal Nehru
poverty satisfaction bother
The one who is doing his work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one the poverty bothers. Ernest Hemingway
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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all Evita Peron
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Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.