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    Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
    poverty everything becomes frightful.
    [Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute:
    Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.]

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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.

by Bible Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

by John Dryden Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Robert Malthus Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure
He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

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Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]

Patiently bear the burden of poverty.
[Lat., Paupertatis onus patienter ferre memento.]

by Dionysius Cato Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

One must be poor to know the luxury of living.

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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.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.

by Melville D. Landon Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime read more

I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough, let's go west.'

by Richard Jeni Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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