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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. |
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- Herman Melville
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Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. |
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- Marilyn Ferguson
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On his deathbed Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuse are for all -- the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved. |
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- Mark Twain
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One kernel is felt in a hogshead one drop of water helps to swell the ocean a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act. |
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- Hannah More
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. |
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- George Eliot
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. |
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- Aesop
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Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces. |
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- Horace
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Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings. |
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- Horace
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People come to poverty in two ways accumulating debts and paying them off. |
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- Jewish Proverbs
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People love to admit they have bad handwriting or that they can't do math. And they will readily admit to being awkward 'I'm such a klutz' But they will never admit to having a poor sense of humor or being a bad driver. |
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- George
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