Famous quotes containing the words rural, poor and/or people:
“[They] hired a large house as a receptacle for gentlewomen, who either had no fortunes, or so little that it would not support them. For these they made the most comfortable institution [and] provided [them] with all conveniences for rural amusements, a library, musical instruments, and implements for various works.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)