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• Wild desert donkeys are the prey of lions; so too, the poor is the quarry of the rich. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 19)

• The proud thinks humility abhorrent; so too, the rich abominates the poor. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 20)

• When the rich stumbles he is supported by friends; when the poor falls, his friends push him away. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 21)

• When the rich slips, there are many hands to catch him, if he talks nonsense he is congratulated. The poor slips, and is blamed for it, he may talk good sense, but no room is made for him. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 22)

• The rich speaks and everyone stops talking, and then they praise his discourse to the skies. The poor speaks and people say, 'Who is this?' and if he stumbles, they trip him up yet more. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 23)

• A plea from the mouth of the poor goes straight to the ear of God, whose judgement comes without delay. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 5)

• Win your neighbour's confidence when he is poor, so that you may enjoy his later good fortune with him; stand by him in times of trouble, in order to have your share when he comes into a legacy. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 23)

• There are three sorts of people my soul hates, and whose existence I consider an outrage: the poor swollen with pride, the rich who is a liar and an adulterous old man who has no sense. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 2)

• rich or poor, their hearts will be glad, their faces cheerful, whatever the season. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 4)

• In obedience to the commandment, help the poor; do not turn the poor away empty-handed in their need. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 9)

• Better the life of the poor under a roof of planks, than lavish fare in somebody else's house. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 22)

• Better be poor if healthy and fit than rich if tormented in body. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 14)