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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
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.
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.
It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
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.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
One must be poor to know the luxury of living.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
