Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck"...
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George Bernard Shaw
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"A day's work is a day's work, neither more nor less, and the man who does
it needs a day's sustenance, a night's repose and due leisure, whether he
be pai...
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