There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
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We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth. It was a really tough life.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.