Politics, Possession and Poverty : Proverbs





Key-Words Based Proverbs



Politics :



  • History is past politics and politics is present history.



  • Politics is a blood sport.



  • There is no gambling like politics.



  • Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.



  • Politics is the madness of many for the gain of the few.



  • Possession :



  • Better to have than to wish.



  • Better a sparrow in the hand than a pigeon in the roof.



  • Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.



  • What you have, hold.



  • Poverty :



  • Poverty breeds strife.



  • Poverty is a good, all men hate.



  • Poverty is no sin. But it is terribly inconvenient.



  • Poverty makes a man mean.



  • A poor man's joy has much alloy.



  • Every poor man is counted a fool.



  • For poor people, small coin.



  • God help the poor for the rich can help themselves.



  • He bears poverty very ill who is ashamed of it.



  • If poor, act with caution.



  • Poor men’s tables are soon spread.



  • Poor men’s words have little weight.



  • Poor cannot, the rich will not.



  • The poor live secure.



  • The poor man's budget is full of schemes.



  • The poor man seeks for food. The rich man does for appetite.



  • Wherever a poor man is, there is his destiny.











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