Poor

Famous quotes containing the word poor:

“Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Even a poor man can receive honors.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“Autumn hath all the summer’s fruitful treasure;
Gone is our sport, fled is poor Croydon’s pleasure.
Short days, sharp days, long nights come on apace,
Ah! who shall hide us from the winter’s face?
Cold doth increase, the sickness will not cease,
And here we lie, God knows, with little ease.
From winter, plague, and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us!”
—Thomas Nashe (1567–1601)