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Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

In 'Sidney Smith: His Wit and Wisdom' (1900) p. 89 Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. On William Whewell, in Isaac Todhunter 'William Whewell' (1876) vol. 1, p. 410
Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.