Best poverty & contempt Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our Lady's journey into Egypt with her Holy Child, and of all the poverty, contempt and suffering they endured. If you follow their example you will indeed be rich amid your poverty.”

Ifs Mind Children Suffering Given Poor Accepting Poverty Rich Journey Example Humility Holy Asking Ashamed Contempt Egypt Refusal Alms

Book:Introduction to the Devout Life

Source: Introduction to the Devout Life

“O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.”

Mind Poverty Mankind Thousand Laughter Generous Contempt

Book:The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford, with notes

Source: The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford, with notes

“Expectations are usually predicated on the idea that the everyday things that happen to ordinary people shouldn't happen to you. People hold the idea of being ordinary in absolute contempt, so when they face an illness, poverty, or any kind of catastrophe, they say, 'I can't believe this happened to me.' And who did you think it was going to happen to - the woman across the street?”

“Poverty and contempt generally go hand-in-hand in this world.”

World Hands Poverty This World Contempt Hand In Hand

Book:The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author

Source: The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author

“That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is most often unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.”

Has Beens Age Wealth Poverty Virtue Objects Greatness Respect Ethics Weakness Vices Dues Folly Self Respect Admiration Contempt Complaints Moralist

Book:Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation of Languages; IV. History of Ancient Physics; V. Ancient Logic and Metaphysicis; VI. The Imitative Arts; VII. Music, Dancing, Poetry; VIII. The External Senses; IX. English and Italian Verses

Source: Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation of Languages; IV. History of Ancient Physics; V. Ancient Logic and Metaphysicis; VI. The Imitative Arts; VII. Music, Dancing, Poetry; VIII. The External Senses; IX. English and Italian Verses

“Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.”

Men World May Philosophy Turns Poverty Grace Proud Misery Contempt Consolation Pardon Sullen Sturdy

Author:Richard Cecil

“If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt.”

Ifs World Lasts Spirit Loses Poverty Driven Naked Selfishness Contempt Everlasting Forlorn

Book:Christian Love: As Manifested in the Heart and Life

Source: Christian Love: As Manifested in the Heart and Life

“The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.”