Famous Proverbs
492 Proverbs about Poor / Page 18
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A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.172.
If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.173.
The poor can only guess at what wealth is; the rich don't know what poverty means.174.
The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.175.
The poorer you are, the more devils you meet.176.
With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.177.
Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor.178.
Hope is a great breakfast but a poor dinner.179.
Better one poor horse than an empty stall.180.
Children are a poor man's riches.