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    Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.

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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.

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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.

by Patrick Duncan Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.]

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Who, being loved, is poor?

Who, being loved, is poor?

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Robert Malthus Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]

Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]

by Dionysius Cato Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

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Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

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He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

by Jules Michelet Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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