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I was ashamed of it, of the poverty I came from.

We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.

The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden.

There is no shame is being ambivalent about almost everything in your life.

It is a sin to be poor.

Though I be poor, I'm honest.