Lies About Poverty: Jolly Beggar, Happy Milkmaid...

"Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty—the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc." -- Mason Cooley

Shakespeare on Beggars & The Rich in King John

"Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail,

And say there is no sin but to be rich;

And being rich, my virtue then shall be

To say there is no vice but beggary"

-- Shakespeare: King John

Without a Rich Heart, Wealth an Ugly Beggar: Emerson

"Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar" -- Ralph Waldo Emerson