"Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
Warren Zevon (1976)
“Poor me, poor me, pour me another.”
George Galloway (1954) British politician, broadcaster, and writer
" Big Brother's history of bother http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6270963.stm", BBC News online, January 17, 2007 <br class="br">Referring to recovering alcoholic Michael Barrymore while in the Celebrity Big Brother 2006 house.
“My God, my God, have mercy on me, and on my poor people!”
William the Silent (1533–1584) stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, leader of the Dutch Revolt
Last words, as quoted in De Vader des Vaderlands (1941) by W. Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, p. 29
Variants:
O my God, have mercy on this poor people.
My God, have pity on my soul; my God, have pity on this poor people.
My God, have mercy on my soul and on these poor people.
My God, have pity on my soul; I am badly wounded. My God, have pity on my soul and on this poor people!
“Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe,
That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 413.
Helder Camara (1909–1999) Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife
Source: Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
Steven Millhauser (1943) American novelist and short story writer
Source: Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
“Plenty has made me poor.”
Inopem me copia fecit.
Book III, 466
Variant translation: Abundance makes me poor.
Metamorphoses (Transformations)
“Pity the poor old rhino with
A bodger on its bonce.”
Michael Flanders (1922–1975) English writer and performer
The Rhinoceros
“For me the best players are in the poor suburbs, but the clubs are not interested.”
Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1973) Mexican footballer
Interview with BigSoccer.com
