Impoverished Condition

Famous quotes containing the words impoverished and/or condition:

“He who has been impoverished for a long time ... who has long stood before the door of the mighty in darkness and begged for alms, has filled his heart with bitterness so that it resembles a sponge full of gall; he knows about the injustice and folly of all human action and sometimes his lips tremble with rage and a stifled scream.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)

“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)