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In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something read more

In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.

by Confucius Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

by Josh Billings Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.

by Patrick Duncan Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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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.

by Eugene O'neill Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.

Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.

by Henry George Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

by Theodore Parker Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

by Jules Michelet Found in: Poverty Quotes,
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Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.

Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.

by Henry David Thoreau 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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