Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime.
Charlotte BrontëYou'd think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him," said Miss Hillyard. "It didn't pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour for the women and children we hear so much about -- but in the end it left him worse of."
But that," said Peter, "was only because he committed the extra sin of being found out.
Tags: family integrity punishment values poverty sacrifice academia honor dishonesty falsification financial-distress
When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.
Basil the GreatTags: money poverty hoarding sharing collectivism
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
Anatole FrancePoverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.
George OrwellTags: money freedom poverty george-orwell down-and-out-in-paris-and-london
Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.
George OrwellTags: money worry poverty george-orwell down-and-out-in-paris-and-london
It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.
George OrwellTags: poverty hunger george-orwell down-and-out-in-paris-and-london
A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him.
George OrwellTags: fear education leisure class poverty labor slavery george-orwell mob down-and-out-in-paris-and-london hierarchy
Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth.
Susan EatonTags: education poverty school-reform
When Americans find out I grew up in the tenements, the question they invariably ask me is “how did you end up there?” Americans, it seems, find comfort in reasons and explanations. They honestly believe that if they can find the reason for someone else’s misfortune, they can avoid that misfortune themselves. If they could find out how I ended up in the tenements, they could assure themselves that it could never have happened to them.
Susan Lynn PetersonTags: poverty misfortune
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