Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or condition:
“I, a poor peasant, have conquered science. Why cant I conquer love? Dont you understand? You must be mine, not his. You are mine.”
—P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (18991954)
“An Englishman, methinks,not to speak of other European nations,habitually regards himself merely as a constituent part of the English nation; he is a member of the royal regiment of Englishmen, and is proud of his company, as he has reason to be proud of it. But an Americanone who has made tolerable use of his opportunitiescares, comparatively, little about such things, and is advantageously nearer to the primitive and the ultimate condition of man in these respects.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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