Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes about Poverty

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Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: But with poverty everything becomes frightful.

Giving, Gold, Poverty

"Satires (Satire 8)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

With poverty everything becomes frightful.

Poverty, Ending Poverty

"Satires (Satire 8)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.

Poverty, Poor