“It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.” DiesPovertyRichMadness Author:Juvenal
“There is evil poured upon the earth from the overflowings of corruption-- Sickness, and poverty, and pain, and guilt, and madness, and sorrow; But, as the water from a fountain riseth and sinketh to its level, Ceaselessly toileth justice to equalize the lots of men.” MenEarthPainEvilWaterJusticeLevelsPovertySorrowMadnessGuiltCorruptionSicknessFountain Author:William Hazlitt
“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.” PoorPovertyRichMadnessMadExtremesRich Poor Book:Ham On Rye Source: Ham On Rye
“I took to writing at an early age to escape from meaninglessness, uselessness, unimportance, insignificance, poverty, enslavement, ill health, despair, madness, and all manner of other unattractive, natural and inevitable things.” WritingAgeNaturalPovertyDespairMadnessIllInevitableEnslavementUnattractiveMeaninglessnessInsignificanceUselessnessIll Health Author:William Saroyan