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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
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.
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime read more
I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough, let's go west.'
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 mother of revolution and crime is poverty
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
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.
