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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.]
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
