The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

Quote by W R Inge

Topics: Poverty Quotes

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common...

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common...

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Poor is the church without music

Poor is the church without music

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...

Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go...