Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

“The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree,
Sing all a green willow;
Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee,
Sing willow, willow, willow.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.”
—Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927)