Famous quotes containing the words childhood and/or poverty:
“Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime. A man at five and thirty should no more regret not having had a happier childhood than he should regret not having been born a prince of the blood.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“As the fields fear drought in autumn, so people fear poverty in old age.”
—Chinese proverb.