Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Poverty
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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
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Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous
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I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.
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Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.
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Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
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Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things
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[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.
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The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
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Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
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Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.
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We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States