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“Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of energy and will.”

Way Character Fall Energy Moral Poverty Failing Objects Circumstances Blessing Rewards Riches Convinced Triumph Misfortunes Suspicion Relieved Puritan

Book:Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism

Source: Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism

“Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water.”

Fall Water Poverty Sun Fortune Ice Rays

Author:Ihara Saikaku

“For where'er the sun does shine, And where'er the rain does fall, Babe can never hunger there, Nor poverty the mind appall.”

Mind Doe Fall Hope Poverty Sun Rain Shining Hunger Babe

Book:Complete writings: with variant readings

Source: Complete writings: with variant readings

“In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks of lovers.”

Country Fall House Poverty Lovers Eating Down And Snow Boards Necks Grandmother Chickens Soup Mud My Grandmother Falling Down Snow Falling Chicken Soup

Book:The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001

Source: The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001

“The greatest poverty one can have is to be poor in one's heart and for falling in love, he is truly happy. He discovers purpose.”

Heart Purpose Fall Poor Poverty Falling In Love Truly Happy

Author:Russell Brand

“Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing.”

Men Fall Grows Poverty Unhappiness Chests Roof Tiles Leprosy

Book:The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays

Source: The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays

“Ms. Merkel is avoiding retirement issues. She simply doesn't want to do anything, although she knows that doing nothing means that real pensions will fall. That is preprogrammed old-age poverty. When it comes to wage fairness: It was Ms. Merkel herself who blocked the establishment of a right to return to a fulltime job after going part time for a period. Yet everyone keeps saying that our platform is identical to that of the conservatives. It's crazy.”

Mean Real Fall Poverty Crazy Retirement Fairness Avoiding Pension Blocked

Author:Martin Schulz

“We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.”

Men World Should Hard Fall Wish Poverty Ignorance Disease Rain Hunger Burden Nuclear Catastrophe

Author:Haile Selassie

“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice... Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”

Men Humans Made Sometimes Action Fall Natural Justice Human Beings Inspiring Poverty Generations Greatness Tasks Overcoming Slavery Charity Humanitarian Apartheid

Author:Nelson Mandela