poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience
- poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience
1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 105 Neuer be ashamed of thy calling, for Pouertie is no vice, though it be an inconvenience.
1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 278 Poortha [poverty] is a Pain, but no Disgrace. Unless it be the Effects of Laziness, and Luxury.
1945 F. THOMPSON Lark Rise i. ‘Poverty’s no disgrace, but ’tis a great inconvenience’ was a common saying among the Lark Rise people; but..their poverty was no less than a hampering drag upon them.
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great — see a great book is a great evil great minds think alike great oaks from little acorns grow death is the great leveller little strokes fell great oaks little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape … Proverbs new dictionary
poverty — see when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is not a crime adversity makes strange bedfellows … Proverbs new dictionary
inconvenience — see poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience … Proverbs new dictionary
disgrace — see poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
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