One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

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.

Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]

Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.]

Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
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Thank God for poverty
That makes and keeps us free,
And lets us go our unobtrusive way,
Glad of the sun and rain,
Upright, serene, humane,
Contented with the fortune of a day.

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.]

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

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.

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.