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"As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares."
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"Using money in one's attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one's attempt to put an end to xenophobia."

"Poverty is a dish best served with Potato Soup."

"I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty."

"Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man's yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor."

"Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation."
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"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear."

"All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have."

"I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women."

"Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes."
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