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| A fallen rich man may make a good master, but not an enriched poor man. Italian. | 1 |
| A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. | 2 |
| A north wind has no corn and a poor man no friend. Spanish. | 3 |
| A poor man can gain nothing by contending with the great. Sri Lankan. | 4 |
| A poor man has few acquaintances. Danish. | 5 |
| A poor man has no friends. Ashantees (Africa). | 6 |
| A poor man has not many marks for fortune to shoot at. | 7 |
| A poor man is all schemes. Spanish. | 8 |
| A poor man is hungry after eating. Portuguese. | 9 |
| A poor man’s joy has much alloy. Danish. | 10 |
| A poor man’s shilling is but a penny. | 11 |
| A poor man wants something, a covetous man all things. | 12 |
| A poor man’s debt makes a great noise. | 13 |
| A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor man is not taken into counsel. Italian. | 14 |
| As long as there are some poorer than you, praise God even if you are unshod. Gipsy. | 15 |
| Be considerate toward the poor. | 16 |
| For poor people, small coin. | 17 |
| Every poor man is counted a fool. | 18 |
| He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much. | 19 |
| He is not poor who has a competency. Horace. | 20 |
| He is poor indeed who can promise nothing. | 21 |
| He is too poor to buy a rope to hang himself. German. | 22 |
| He who devours the substance of the poor, will find at length a bone to choke him. French. | 23 |
| If poor, act with caution. | 24 |
| Look on the poor with gentle eyes, for in such habits often angels desire alms. Massinger. | 25 |
| Much wisdom is lost in poor men’s mouths. German. | 26 |
| Much wisdom is smothered in a poor man’s head. Dutch. | 27 |
| Much wit is lost in a poor man’s purse. German. | 28 |
| No one is poor but he who thinks himself so. Portuguese. | 29 |
| No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power. Danish. | 30 |
| Not he who has little, but he who wishes for more, is poor. Seneca. | 31 |
| Poor and content is rich and rich enough. Shakespeare. | 32 |
| Poor folks are glad of pottage. | 33 |
| Poor folks say “thank you” for a little. | 34 |
| Poor folk’s wisdom goes for little. Dutch. | 35 |
| Poor men do penance for rich men’s sins. Italian. | 36 |
| Poor men have no souls. (So think the rich.) | 37 |
| Poor men seek meat for their stomachs, rich men stomach for their meat. | 38 |
| Poor men’s money and cowards’ weapons are often flourished. Italian. | 39 |
| Poor men’s tables are soon spread. | 40 |
| Poor men’s words have little weight. Greek. | 41 |
| Poor people’s words go many to the sackful. German. | 42 |
| Poor, what he can; rich, what he will. Modern Greek. | 43 |
| Poor without debt is better than a prince. Turkish. | 44 |
| That man is not poor who has the use of things necessary. Horace. | 45 |
| The dainties of the great are the tears of the poor. | 46 |
| The devil wipes his tail with the poor man’s pride. | 47 |
| The impartial earth is open to the poor as well as the sons of kings. Horace. | 48 |
| The pleasures of the mighty are the terrors of the poor. | 49 |
The poor advanced makes friends of enemies,
For who not needs, shall never lack a friend. Shakespeare. | 50 |
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| The poor ye always have with you. New Testament. | 51 |
| The poor are rich when they are satisfied. German. | 52 |
| The poor do penance for the follies of their superiors. Italian. | 53 |
| The poor can live in one house together when two kings cannot in a kingdom. German. | 54 |
| The poor cannot, the rich will not. German. | 55 |
| The poor live secure. German. | 56 |
| The poor must dance as the rich pipe. German. | 57 |
| The poor man’s honor is worth more than the rich man’s gold. German. | 58 |
| The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. William Pitt. | 59 |
| The poor man eats at double cost. Danish. | 60 |
| The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail every year. Spanish. | 61 |
| The poor is aye put to the worst. Scotch. | 62 |
| The poor pay for all. | 63 |
| The poor man’s budget is full of schemes. Spanish. | 64 |
| The poor man’s coin always grows thin. Danish. | 65 |
| The poor man seeks for food, the rich man for appetite. Danish. | 66 |
| The poor man’s penny unjustly obtained is a coal of fire in the rich man’s purse. | 67 |
| The poor man’s wisdom is as useless as a palace in a wilderness. Gaelic. | 68 |
| The poor man turns his cake and another comes and takes it away. | 69 |
| The poor man wants much, the miser everything. | 70 |
| The poor man must keep his word, and the rich when it suits him. German. | 71 |
| The poor pour, and the rich drink, the wine. German. | 72 |
| The poor rich man is emphatically poor. | 73 |
| The poor sing free throughout the world. German. | 74 |
| The poor sit in Paradise on the first benches. German. | 75 |
| The poor trying to imitate the powerful perish. Phædrus. | 76 |
| The wise discourses of a poor man go for nothing. | 77 |
| There are many things that may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats. Juvenal. | 78 |
| There is God’s poor, and the devil’s poor; the first from Providence, the other from vice. | 79 |
| To contemn the poor because of his poverty is to affront God’s providence. | 80 |
| We give the rich, and take from the poor. German. | 81 |
| What the poor are to the poor none know but themselves and God. Charles Dickens. | 82 |
| When poor, liberal; when rich, penurious. Spanish. | 83 |
| When the poor become rich they sink the village. German. | 84 |
| When you eat think of the poor. Sri Lankan. | 85 |
| Wherever a poor man is, there is his destiny. Modern Greek. | 86 |
| Who closes his ear to the poor, Peter will not hear when he knocks. German. | 87 |
| Whoso stoppeth his ear at the cry of the poor, shall cry himself and not be heard. Hebrew. | 88 |
| Withhold not the wages of the poor. | 89 |
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