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| Poverty Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | . . . and place the real disgrace of poverty not in owning to the fact but in declining to struggle against it. | Thucydides | |
| 2 | Poverty is the step-mother of genius. | Billings | Josh |
| 3 | In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of. | Confucius | |
| 4 | Poverty has this defect: it prompts a man to evil deeds. | Euripides | |
| 5 | I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. | France | Anatole |
| 6 | For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. | Gardner | John |
| 7 | Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. | George | Henry |
| 8 | How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? . . . Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists. | Hamilton | Alexander |
| 9 | Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. | Horace | |
| 10 | You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income. | Johnson | Samuel |
| 43 quotations on Poverty |



