And plenty makes us poor.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Poverty Quotes

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.