Quote by William James
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the wo

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James

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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James

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Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness. – Proverb

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Poverty is the step-mother of genius. – Josh Billings

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Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him. – Proverb

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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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