“I love to live among the poor people.”
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Uwais al-Qarani6
Muslim saint 594–657Related quotes
“I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.”
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) Catholic Pope and saint
His last will, as quoted in an obituary in The Maine Catholic Historical Magazine (1914) Volumes 3-6, p. 17
“A learned person among ignorant people, is like a live person among the dead.”
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765) Muslim religious person
Shaykh al-Mufīd, Al-Amali, p. 40
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“To be a lion among sheep, 'tis poor.”
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
É fraqueza entre ovelhas ser leão.
Stanza 68, line 8 (tr. Richard Fanshawe)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto I
“English: "There will always be the poor among you."”
Carlos Menem (1930) Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
"Siempre habrá pobres entre ustedes."
Biblical reference.
Attributed
Dean Koontz book The Darkest Evening of the Year
Source: The Darkest Evening of the Year
Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) German social scientist, author, political theorist, and philosopher
(1847)