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One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
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.]
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 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.
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.
Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]
Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to read more
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
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.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.