Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am…

Charlotte Bronte
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Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2004). Jane Eyre, p.176, Variocity
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Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2004). Jane Eyre, p.176, Variocity

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