βContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.β
Socrates
βContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.β
βThe poor man's budget is full of schemes.β
βWhen poor, liberal; when rich, stingy.β
βPoverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.β
βPoverty parts good company.β
βAs covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.β
βHunger is a problem for the urban poor and the rural poor. Nobody should go to bed hungry.β
βDo not presume well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor.β
βWealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.β
βA person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.β
βPoverty breeds soul and spirit; misfortune breeds great people.β