for the poor, if they are persons of virtue and good sense, have those who follow, honour, and uphold them, just as the rich have those who flatter and dance attendance on them.
 Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605). copy citation

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Author Miguel de Cervantes
Source Don Quixote
Topic virtue honour
Date 1605
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by John Ormsby
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/996/996-h/996-h.htm

Context

“and the rich Camacho, to show that he felt no resentment for the trick, and did not care about it, desired the festival to go on just as if he were married in reality. Neither Basilio, however, nor his bride, nor their followers would take any part in it, and they withdrew to Basilio's village; for the poor, if they are persons of virtue and good sense, have those who follow, honour, and uphold them, just as the rich have those who flatter and dance attendance on them. With them they carried Don Quixote, regarding him as a man of worth and a stout one. Sancho alone had a cloud on his soul, for he found himself debarred from waiting for Camacho's splendid feast and festival, which lasted until night;” source