Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Poverty Quotes, Pride Quotes

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an...

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to...

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

There will be sleeping enough in the grave

There will be sleeping enough in the grave

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expression,...

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...