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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
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.
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared read more
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
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.
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.
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.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that
which he hath given will he read more
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that
which he hath given will he pay him again.
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
