A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.
There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.