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    Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
    poverty everything becomes frightful.
    [Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute:
    Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.]

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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you read more

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

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He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

by Jules Michelet Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

by John Dryden Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

by Josh Billings Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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When you're really poor, everything you see
is something you can't have.

When you're really poor, everything you see
is something you can't have.

by Patrick Duncan Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

by Theodore Parker Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to read more

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

by Anatole France Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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