My wife grew up poor in Mexico and she said her mom always taught her “cleanliness is the dignity of the poor”
>> “cleanliness is the dignity of the poor”
Thanks for sharing. I like that.
Applies inside the person as well as outside, yes?
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‘Cleanliness is the dignity of the poor”
Quote of the year. I shall never forget that.
A great lesson for my Sunday School students.
Thank you.
That would make a great bumper sticker, T-shirt or message to just pass around. I'm sure that there are more than a few "lazy" poor who would find that offensive.
I have several friends who came from India. They would marvel at the people here, and say "We lived in squalor, my parents both were born in a hut with a dirt floor, but you know what they did? They would gather grass and fashion a broom, and they would sweep their dirt-floor homes out. They may be poor, but they were never "dirty"".
I never met a greaser who had grease on him. I also remember, back in 1960, after gym class, when we were all sweaty, the white kids would rater take a beating than shower in the COLD water. The Spanish kids grabbed soap, jumped in and washed down completely. I always respected them for that.