Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be... →
Herman Melville
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
H. L. Mencken
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Jules Michelet
Though I be poor, I'm honest.
Thomas Middleton
The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor... →
Agnes de Mille
We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly... →
Henry Miller
Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance... →
J. Irwin Miller
The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press.
Helen Mirren
Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of them on the streets... →
Rohinton Mistry
In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
Andrew Mitchell