Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.”
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)

“This great purple butterfly,
In the prison of my hands,
Has a learning in his eye
Not a poor fool understands.
Once he lived a schoolmaster
With a stark, denying look....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)