2,719 Quotes About Poverty

We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.

In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.

There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty.

The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Few save the poor feel for the poor.

The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.

Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.