The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

Oh, the little more, and how much it is!
And the little less, and what worlds away.

Oh, the little more, and how much it is!
And the little less, and what worlds away.

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.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
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Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
Glad of the sun and rain,
Upright, serene, humane,
Contented with the fortune of a day.

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.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.