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The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to read more
The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty--the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.
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.
It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
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.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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.
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
poverty everything becomes frightful.
[Fr., L'or meme read more
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.]
