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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.
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.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the
trimmings of the vain.
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.
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.
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Living from hand to mouth.
Living from hand to mouth.
