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One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too
It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too
Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.
[Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.]
Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.
[Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.]
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man.
Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels read more
Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is at bottom right.
Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
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Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
Glad of the sun and rain,
Upright, serene, humane,
Contented with the fortune of a day.
I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
Oh, the little more, and how much it is!
And the little less, and what worlds away.
Oh, the little more, and how much it is!
And the little less, and what worlds away.