Poor

Poor

Poor is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity.

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Famous quotes containing the word poor:

    “For you always have the poor with you...”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 14:7.

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    “One may be old in years, but not in spirit, or poor in wealth, but not in ambition.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “But how do the poor minority fare? Perhaps it will be found that just in proportion as some have been placed in outward circumstances above the savage, others have been degraded below him. The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another. On the one side is the palace, on the other are the almshouse and “silent poor.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)