Many a rich man’s bed is bigger than many a poor woman’s bedroom; his bedroom, her house.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

affirmative-action affluence affluent bed bedroom beggary broke capital cash cleaned-out destitute destitution dough equality filthy-rich finance-assets flat-broke flush fortune-money funds hard-up hardship holdings house impecunious impecuniousness impoverished impoverishment in-debt in-the-money indigence indigent inequality insolvent kitchen loaded low-income lucre made-of-money means moneyed moneyless moola moolah necessitous need neediness needy opulent pauperdom pauperism pauperized penniless pennilessness penury poor possessions poverty poverty-stricken property prosperity prosperous reserves resources riches rolling-in-it rolling-in-money rolling-in-the-dough securities silk-stocking size-counts size-does-not-count size-doesn-t-count stinking-rich stock strapped-formal-penurious substance treasure unable-to-make-ends-meet wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do wherewithal without-a-cent-to-one-s-name without-a-sou

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

— Jerome K. Jerome

hard-up idleness poverty

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