Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiled by these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)

“A poor person’s youth, like moonlight in winter, is never appreciated.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

“Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe,
That found’st me poor at first, and keep’st me so.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)