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What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor? saith the read more
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
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.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble.
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.
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.
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.
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.]