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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.
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 mother of revolution and crime is poverty
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty
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.
I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
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.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you read more
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.
