“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
Confucius
“Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent”
Plato
“What this data shows is that New York has the greatest gaps between wealth and poverty in the country.”
Frank Mauro
“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty”
Socrates
“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?”
Princess Diana
“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”
Kofi Annan
“It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed”
Kin Hubbard
