Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“The poor are disliked even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 14:20.

“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a part as it may please the master to assign you, for a long time or for a little as he may choose. And if he will you to take the part of a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, then may you act that part with grace! For to act well the part that is allotted to us, that indeed is ours to do, but to choose it is another’s.”
—Epictetus (c. 55–135 B.C.)

“You see me here, you gods, a poor old man,
As full of grief as age, wretched in both.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)