Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old poor man quotes, poor man sayings, and poor man proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.Democritus
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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.Ali Ibn Abi Talib
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.Herman Melville
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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.French Proverb
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The poor man with industry is happier than the rich man in idleness.Henry Ward Beecher
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A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream.Henry Ford
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The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.Chinmayananda Saraswati
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.Swami Vivekananda
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When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.David Baldacci
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A poor man knows the true value of money and will not dare waste it, but a rich man is extravagant and always looking for an opportunity to empty his pockets.Michael Bassey Johnson
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A poor man's fear for money works against him.Matthew Ashimolowo
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Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.Gene Simmons
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The poor man is poor because he will not heed instruction.Fred C. White
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Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich.Publilius Syrus
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He is a poor man who can only measure his wealth in dollars.Woodrow M. Kroll
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.Georges Bernanos
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The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.Ambrose Bierce
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht.G.K. Chesterton
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Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.Seneca The Younger
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In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from a knave.Jean De La Bruyere
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I believe that honor and money nearly always go together... Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.Teresa of Ávila
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To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.Baruch Spinoza
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Ability is a poor man's wealth.John Wooden
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Even a poor man can receive honors.Sophocles
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.Denis Diderot
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It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.Gregory Nunn