Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor.
タグ: positive

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From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
タグ: power, age, man, good
Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.
タグ: respect, moment, you, love
Please your eye and plague your heart.
タグ: please, eye, your, heart
The taste of the times is, unhappily, to give to children something of book-learning, with a view of placing them to live, in some way or other, upon the labour of other people.
タグ: view, live, children, people
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
タグ: nearly, very, independent, poor
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