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Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

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It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be evenly distributed, whil...more

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Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry.

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You don't want to have any pity on these here tramps – scum, they are. You don't want to judge them by the same standards as men like you and me. They...more

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People are wrong when they think that an unemployed man only worries about losing his wages; on the contrary, an illiterate man, with the work habit i...more

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A tramp, therefore, is a celibate from the moment when he takes to the road. He is absolutely without hope of getting a wife, a mistress, or any kind ...more

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It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.

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Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.

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Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as thoug...more

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For if in careless summer daysIn groves of Ashtaroth we whored,Repentant now, when winds blow cold,We kneel before our rightful lord;The lord of all, ...more

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Twenty million people are underfed but literally everyone in England has access to a radio. What we have lost in food we have gained in electricity. W...more

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The train bore me away, through the monstrous scenery of slag-heaps, chimneys, piled scrap-iron, foul canals, paths of cindery mud criss-crossed by th...more

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Would it not be better if they spent more money on wholesome things like oranges and wholemeal bread or if they even, like the writer of the letter to...more