“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.” Ovid
“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.” Ovid
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” Seneca.
“There is more than enough wealth to go around in modern Britain, but we leave it untaxed in the mansions of the wealthy whilst homeless men and women die on the streets outside. The Tories want us to blame immigrants so they don’t have to tax their mates.” Grace Blakeley
“Surely the greatest burning injustice of all is children having to go to school ill-clad and hungry.” Gordon Brown Universal Credit was advertised as making work pay and empowering those on low incomes but in fact two-thirds of poor children are now in families where someone is working.
“The most fuck awful government in the history of fuck awful governments.” Hugh Grant Twitter: @HackedOffHugh
“There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.” George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” Mark Twain
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” Eckhart Tolle
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain
“One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” Sophocles
