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.

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.]

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.

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.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the
poor is their poverty.

It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.

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.