Quotes by James Payn about Poverty

3 quotes by James Payn about poverty

James Payn English novelist

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous, by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

Quote by James Payn about poverty

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity or even patented for himself must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.

Quote by James Payn about poverty

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.

Quote by James Payn about poverty

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