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.

The beggarly last doit.

The beggarly last doit.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.
[Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.]

Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.
[Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.]

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.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

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.

Living from hand to mouth.

Living from hand to mouth.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.