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Quote by William James
We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who e

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard. – Bible

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Remember the poor, it costs nothing. – Josh Billings

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The poor are poor because the rich are rich. – Author Unknown

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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. – Mahatma Gandhi

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