1) Poverty itself is not terrible. The terrible thing is to think that you are destined to be poor or die of old age. Franklin
2) Poverty and wealth will also make workers and their works retrogress. -Plato
3) Forget your poor days, but don't forget the lessons it taught you. -Goethe
It is meaner to boast about poverty than wealth. -Saito Green Rain
5) Most poverty in the world is a morbid state, which is the result of bad life, bad environment and bad thoughts. -saxophone