There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.
Poverty is not the root cause of crime.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.