James Payn

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. ↗

— James Payn

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A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely. ↗

— James Payn

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A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race. ↗

— James Payn

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And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose. ↗

— James Payn

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But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. ↗

— James Payn

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For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind. ↗

— James Payn

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For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood. ↗

— James Payn

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In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

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In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. ↗

— James Payn

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Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit. ↗

— James Payn

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