“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“When you are really rich, you do not mind coming across as poor or broke.”
“To be ashamed of being poor, you need, not only poverty, but also stupidity.”
“Many of those who have the most make only the least of what they have.”
“Some people would not drink enough water almost every day, if they were not poor or broke.”
“Having the least usually forces us to make the most of what we have.”
“Some people’s meals have way less nutrients than some people’s faeces.”
“The degree of our happiness is not determined by (what we regard as) the source of our happiness.”
“The poorest and the richest are equally obsessed with money.”
“Charity usually begins at home, and usually ends there, without having left.”
“Those who have the least are usually the ones who know the most about politics.”
“A maid’s love for her own children often forces her to pretend to love her employer’s children.”
“Money isn’t everything. The same is true of the lack of it.”
“Like alcohol, desperation can make a coward seem courageous.”
“In a materialistic society, being poor but happy is a political statement.”
“Unlike wealth, poverty of intellect is equally distributed between the sexes and among the races.”
“Pitying a living man for being poor is like envying a dead man for being rich.”
“Some people are way less tortured by poverty than some are tormented by wealth.”
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.”
“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.”
“Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.”
“Many a rich man’s bed is bigger than many a poor woman’s bedroom; his bedroom, her house.”