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Poverty Quotes
“It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.”
“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
“The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.”
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.”