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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually read more
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.
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.
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you read more
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going?
Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order;
Bleak read more
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going?
Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order;
Bleak blows the blast--your hat has got a hole in it.
So have your breeches.
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.]
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.
Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]
Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]
