In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something read more

In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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.]

Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]

Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.