12 American Proverbs about Poor

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1. A poor man is always behind.
2. Republicans will do anything for the poor except get off their backs.
3. The forest is the poor man's overcoat.
4. Hope is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.
5. The rich get richer, and the poor get babies.
6. Philosophy means being able to explain why you are happy when you are poor.
7. Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof.
8. Ability is the poor man's wealth.
9. It's a poor frog who doesn't play with his own pond.
10. Lime and lime without manure makes the farmer rich and the son poor.
11. Thanks is poor pay on which to keep a family.
12. The daughter of a spry old woman makes a poor housekeeper.
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