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Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
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.]
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.'
Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Content with poverty, my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble.
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with
poverty everything becomes frightful.
[Fr., L'or meme read more
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.]
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
The greatest man in history was the poorest.
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.
Living from hand to mouth.
Living from hand to mouth.
