Famous Proverbs
492 Proverbs about Poor / Page 11
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Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor.102.
Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.103.
Great lords will have much, and poor folk can give but little.104.
He is a poor Smith who is afraid of sparks.105.
It is a poor horse that is not worth his oats.106.
It is a poor roast that gives no dripping.107.
It is poor comfort for one who has broken his leg, that another has broken his neck.108.
No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power.109.
Poor relations have little honour.110.
That is poor help that helps you from the feather-bed to the straw.