This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confessed - Slow rises worth, by poverty depressed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Talented people often succeed slowly because financial struggles hinder them.
- In plain terms
- Money problems stop good people from rising.
- What can you take from it?
- Poverty can delay recognition of talent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is success slow?
- Who gets left behind?
Another view
Some achieve success despite these barriers.
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Of all the Griefs that harrass the Distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful Jest
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