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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 god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – William James

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. – Walter Bagehot

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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. – Eva Perón

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I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design. – Josh Billings

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

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Love is my religion — I could die for it. – John Keats

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Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. – Charles Caleb Colton

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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. – Paul Wellstone

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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to create rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. – William J. Brennan, Jr.

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