Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.
Poor people are subject to fancies – this is a provision of nature.[Бедные люди капризны, – это уж так от природы устроено.]
Poor man. Poor mankind.
Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.
Only the poor knew the meaning of life; the rich and the safe had to guess.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
Once you have been poor a long time you gain a certain respect for money.
Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.[Rien ne rend aventureux comme de ne pas sentir la place de son gousset.]
No, not rich, I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.[Rico no, soy un pobre con plata, que no es lo mismo.]
No, madam, ’tis not so well that I am poor, though many of the rich are damned.
Meager were his looks. Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
