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1041. Wantest thou to know what is more galling than indigence ? then know that indigence alone is more galling than indigence.

1042. Caitiff Indigence is an enemy to the joys of this life as well as of the next.

1043. The itching that goeth by the name of Indigence killeth dignity of demeanour and refinement of speech, even though they run in the very blood.

1044. Want will drive even men of high family to forget their dignity and to speak the language of abject servility.

1045. There are a thousand mortifications concealed underneath this one curse called poverty. Rh