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Thucydides: An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it…

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.

In today’s wordsAdmitting you're poor is no disgrace; making no effort to escape poverty is.

ThucydidesCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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