Quote by Heinrich Heine
The story of his youth was a series of bitternesses, as is the cas

The story of his youth was a series of bitternesses, as is the case with almost all distinguished men. Poverty sits by their cradle, and keeps watch over them till they have grown up; and this lean nurse remains their true companion through life. – Heinrich Heine

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The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel — and all of them are right. – Heinrich Heine

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Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. – Aristotle

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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. – John Gardner

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