#poor

Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#poor

I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#i #ours #planet #poor #really

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#poor

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. ↗

— Herman Melville

#poverty #poor

Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#poor

Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations. ↗

— Alan Moore

#poor

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#rich #society #rich

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. ↗

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

#condition #human #maldistribution #poor #poverty

One of the Great Rules of Economics According to John Green If you are rich, you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor, you have to be really smart to get rich. ↗

— John Green

#poor #rich #rules #economics

Well, think back," said Harry. "Have you ever let it slip that you'd like to go out in public with the words 'My Sweetheart' round your neck? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#judgement