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“Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead.”

Poor Air Bears Weight Slave Breathe Bread Reign Toil Woe Monarchs

Book:The Iliad ...

Source: The Iliad ...

“Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.”

Life Eye Lasts Life Is Given Waiting Black Dark Poor Leader Watches Air Masters Balls Dancing Charity Warm Hungry Gates Going Away Standing Out Jewels Pennies Carriages Lackeys Hungry Eyes

Author:Austin O'Malley

“What mortal is there of us, who would find his satisfaction enhanced by an opportunity of comparing the picture he presents to himself of his doings, with the picture they make on the mental retina of his neighbours? We are poor plants buoyed up by the air-vessels of our own conceit.”

Opportunity Poor Air Plant Satisfaction Mortals Compare Vessel Neighbour Conceit Doings

Book:Scenes of Clerical Life

Source: Scenes of Clerical Life

“The thought of people in this day and age sitting down to listen to a radio variety show on Saturday evening is rather implausible and was even more so in 1974 when we started “A Prairie Home Companion.” Thank goodness Minnesota Public Radio was too poor to afford good advice or the show never would've got on the air. We only did it because we knew it would be fun to do. It was a dumb idea. I wish I knew how to be that dumb again.”

“The birds of the air die to sustain thee; the beasts of the field die to nourish thee; the fishes of the sea die to feed thee. Our stomachs are their common sepulchre. Good God! with how many deaths are our poor lives patched up! how full of death is the life of momentary man!”

Men Death Dies Poor Common Air Sea Fields Bird Fishes Thee Beast Momentary Good God Poor Life

Book:Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

“There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich.”

“Were all the pleasures in the world, even pure air, made solely for the rich? I think it is immoral - it is horrible! - that one man may own twenty millions of money, and another has to commit a crime to keep the life in his miserable body. And if I were wealthy, I'd be a spendthrift! It's the spendthrifts who are the real friends of the poor. Some of their money filters through to the very lowest classes.”

“...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to corporatize the crops we grow, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the dreams we dream, corporate globalization needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. Corporate Globalization-or shall we call it by its name?-Imperialism-needs a press that pretends to be free. It needs courts that pretend to dispense justice.”

“Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.”

Way Should Poor Air Conditioning Air Conditioning

Author:Shelby Lynne

“Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority.”

Young Poor Rich Air Behavior Superiority Indefinable

Author:Mason Cooley

“We breathe the free air, we have the best looking men and handsomest women, and if they envy our position, well they may, for they are a poor, narrow minded, pinch-backed race of man, who chain themselves down to the law of monogamy and live all their days under the dominion of one wife. They aught to be ashamed of such conduct, and the still fouler channel which flows from their practices.”

Ifs Men Wells May Stills Law Poor Race Practice Wife Air Position Flow Breathe Envy Chains Ashamed Dominion Polygamy Monogamy Narrow-minded

Author:George A. Smith

“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.”

“Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at the negotiating table. (#) A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but can't afford an air force.”

Men War Ends Force Poor Rich Air Tables Terror Terrorist Bombs Rich Man Poor Man Annihilation Air Force Negotiating

Author:William Blum

“In the 1990s, Michael Jordan was the preeminent athlete in the country. And when the product with his name on it seemed to be linked to crime and violence in poor communities, many called on him to address it. They asked him to weigh in on robberies, on kids robbed for their high-priced Air Jordan sneakers. But he wouldn`t.”

Country Kids Names Community Poor Violence Air Crime Products Athlete Addresses Linked Jordan Robbery Sneakers

Author:Melissa Harris-Perry

“Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water.”

Should Water Chance Poor Air Should Have Regard Clean Wealthy Clean Water Clean Air

Author:Barack Obama