Relative Poverty Rate

Famous quotes containing the words relative, poverty and/or rate:

    “It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights. The shadows of poverty and meanness gather around us, “and lo! creation widens to our view.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)