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When POVERTY comes in at the door, love flies out of the window
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1474
CAXTON
Game of Chess
III
. iii. Herof men saye a comyn prouerbe in englond that loue lastest as longe as the money endurith.
1631
English Gentlewoman
vi.
It hath been an old Maxime; that as pouerty goes in at one doore, loue goes out at the other.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
25
When povertie comes in at doores, love leapes out at windowes.
1790
Universal Asylum
Aug. 84
I hope, ladies, none of you may ever experience, that ‘when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the windows.’
1894
Use of Life
iii.
It is a mean proverb that, ‘When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.’
1950
Some Tame Gazelle
xiii.
Besides, there would be plenty of money, so that if there had been love, .. it would have been less likely to fly out of the window, as he had been told it did when poverty came in at the door.
love, blighted
;
poverty
1474
CAXTON
Game of Chess
III
. iii. Herof men saye a comyn prouerbe in englond that loue lastest as longe as the money endurith.
1631English Gentlewoman
vi.
It hath been an old Maxime; that as pouerty goes in at one doore, loue goes out at the other.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
25
When povertie comes in at doores, love leapes out at windowes.
1790
Universal Asylum
Aug. 84
I hope, ladies, none of you may ever experience, that ‘when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the windows.’
1894
Use of Life
iii.
It is a mean proverb that, ‘When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.’
1950
Some Tame Gazelle
xiii.
Besides, there would be plenty of money, so that if there had been love, .. it would have been less likely to fly out of the window, as he had been told it did when poverty came in at the door.
love, blighted;
poverty
POVERTY is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience
1591Second Fruits
105
Neuer be ashamed of thy calling, for Pouertie is no vice, though it be an inconvenience.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
278
Poortha [poverty] is a Pain, but no Disgrace. Unless it be the Effects of Laziness, and Luxury.
1945
Lark Rise
i.
‘Poverty's no disgrace, but 'tis a great inconvenience’ was a common saying among the Lark Rise people; but .. their poverty was no less than a hampering drag upon them.
povertyPOVERTY is not a crime
1591Second Fruits
105
Pouertie is no vice.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 844
Poverty is no sinne.
1785
Man of World
IV
. 56
Her Poverty is not her crime, Sir, but her misfortune.
1839
Nicholas Nickleby
lv.
‘Remember how poor we are.’ Mrs. Nickleby .. said through her tears that poverty was not a crime.
1945
Lark Rise
ii.
There's nothing the matter with Lark Rise folks but poverty, and that's no crime. If it was, we should likely be hung ourselves.
1973
Spy who died of Boredom
50
The English say: poverty is not a sin but something much worse.
poverty
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