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Leave the poor
Some time for self-improvement. Let them not
Be forced to grind the bones out read more
Leave the poor
Some time for self-improvement. Let them not
Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms
For bread, but have some space to think and feel
Like moral and immortal creatures.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
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.
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
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.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.