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"It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end."
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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."
"It is in the best interest of the rich to preserve poverty."
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"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow."
"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."
"Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
"The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude."
"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
"The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible."
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