Poor, n.Definitions

The Poor is most tragic in the poverty of their aspirations.

The Poor is the human manure in which grow the harvests of joy which the rich reap.

The Poor is a group that does not live, but dies by inches.

The Poor is always a near neighbor to an honest one, just as the rich man is to the knave.

The Poor is an invisible group. In contrast to the old rhetoric of reform, they are not simply neglected and forgotten... what is much worse, they are not seen.

The Poor is, as a rule, generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

The Poor is not, as is often claimed, happier than the rich. This is just as ridiculous as the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

The Poor is in need of aid rather than recrimination. It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.