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I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Ben Hecht
Me
Man
Wealth
Envy
Guilt
Poverty
Looking
Rich
Poor Man
Both
Alms
Like
Know
His
Beggar
Poor
Rich Man
Who
Shows
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Man
Hardships
Poor Man
Bottom
Dollars
Very
Race
Poor
Land
Hard
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Michelangelo
Life
Art
God
Me
Man
Worth
My Life
Long
Poor Man
Possible
Given
Am
Order
Little
Poor
Who
Extend
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.
Sydney Madwed
Man
Financial
Worth
Wealth
Value
Values
Own
Poor Man
Relative
Everything
Intrinsic
Net
Net Worth
Tends
Self
Know
Himself
Does
His
Self-Worth
Than
Poor
Poorer
Measure
Who
Whenever I had anything and saw a fellow being suffering, I was more anxious to relieve him than to benefit myself. And this is one of the true secrets of my being a poor man to this day.
Davy Crockett
Myself
Day
Man
Suffering
Poor Man
Benefit
Saw
Secrets
Relieve
More
Had
True
Fellow
Him
Than
Anxious
Whenever
Being
Anything
Poor
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
Ovid
Man
Money
Poor Man
Nothing
Nowadays
Honors
Everywhere
Lies
Counts
Friendships
Low
Poor
Fortune
Brings
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Man
Country
Own
Poor Man
Like
Foreigner
His
Poor
In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Man
Brazil
Rich
Poor Man
Minister
Steals
He
Becomes
Goes
Jail
Poor
Rich Man
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
Government
Home
Man
Poor Man
Every
Wild
Favor
Am
Up
May
Poor
Far
Cutting
Lands
Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
Abu Bakr
Man
Pride
Rich
Poor Man
Worse
Bad
Case
Poor
Rich Man
Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.
Gene Simmons
You
Man
Poor Man
Live
Think
OK
Like
Always
Poor
The poor man looks upon the law as an enemy, not as a friend. For him, the law is always taking something away.
Robert Kennedy
Man
Enemy
Law
Poor Man
Something
Taking
Looks
Him
Always
Friend
Poor
Away
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
Man
Care
Power
Poor Man
Every
Society
Aid
Incumbent
Give
Reach
Beyond
Poor
Far
Whole
Every Man
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Democritus
Man
Rich
Poor Man
Himself
Makes
Little
Poor
Desiring
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Man
Poor Man
Every
Almost
Offence
Poor
Desire
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Georges Bernanos
Hope
Needs
Man
Illusion
Poor Man
Nothing
More
His
Than
Bread
Poor
Belly
I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?
Jackie Kennedy
Work
Best
Day
Home
Man
Marriage
Relax
Husband
Long
Poor Man
Think
All Day
Distraction
Table
More
He
How
His
Poor
Breathes
Ever
Lives
Thing
If it doesn't reach the last poor man, your constitution is wrong.
Kamal Haasan
Man
Constitution
Poor Man
Wrong
Reach
Poor
Your
Last
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
Man
Wealth
Fears
Poverty
Rich
Poor Man
Despised
Latter
He
Conceal
Wishes
His
Former
Poor
Rich Man
Lest
I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, left-wing type of guy. I wanted to do some kind of work in social change and make things better for the poor man, and I was very romantic and passionate about it.
Andre Dubus III
Work
Man
Change
Better
Political
Degree
College
Poor Man
Type
Kind
Some
Pretty
About
Guy
Make
Read
Got
Passionate
Left-Wing
Very
Fiction
Romantic
Wanted
Social
Poor
Social Change
Much
Things
Sociology
We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.
Basmah bint Saud
You
Man
Will
Three
Rich
Poor Man
Consequences
Say
Has-Been
Ministers
Follow
Follow-Up
Above
Steal
Nobody
Because
Doing
Been
Hand
Off
Up
Ordered
After
Anything
Poor
Rich Man
Cut
Incapable
Your
Who
Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
Gerrit Smith
Man
Enemy
Free
Poor Man
Every
Worst
Invader
Count
His
Discussion
Poor
Right
Poverty brings one blessing in Turkey - the poor man is of necessity a monogamist.
Isabella Bird
Man
Blessing
Poverty
Poor Man
Turkey
Poor
Brings
Necessity
It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.'
Johann Most
Day
Property
Man
Every Day
Beast
Submit
Poor Man
Live
Every
Hunger
Must
He
Voluntarily
Hour
Himself
Sell
Order
Which
Poor
Compels
Lash
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
You
Man
Eyes
Poor Man
Think
Philosophy
Pennies
Steal
Like
Know
Dead
Off
Maybe
Poor
It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
Ovid
Man
Poor Man
Count
His
Poor
Flock
Ever
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