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Pauper Proverbs
A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.
Swiss Proverb
Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper.
English Proverb
A proud pauper and a rich miser are contemptible beings.
Italian Proverb
Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
Arabic Proverb
No one so hard upon the poor as the pauper who has got into power.
Danish Proverb
The rich man who is stingy is the worst pauper.
Yiddish Proverb
He who has a lot of money and no children is not rich; he who has many children and no money is not a pauper.
Chinese Proverb
Misfortune sits on a rich man's lap but grabs the throat of the pauper.
Danish Proverb