Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“There is thy gold—worse poison to men’s souls,
Doing more murder in this loathsome world
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
I sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty—the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.”
—Sojourner Truth (c. 1777–1883)