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Eloquence may strike the ear, but the language of poverty strikes the…

Quote byThomas Paine · 1737–1809

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Case of the Officers of Excise (1772), p. 20.

English (original)

Eloquence may strike the ear, but the language of poverty strikes the heart; the first may charm like music, but the second alarms like a knell.

— Thomas Paine

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