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Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
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.
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.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
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 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.
