A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

pour see it never RAINS but it pours.
When POVERTY comes in at the door, love flies out of the window
Similar in sentiment to 1474 CAXTON Game of Chess III. iii. Herof men saye a comyn prouerbe in englond that loue lastest as longe as the money endurith.

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  1631 R. BRATHWAIT English Gentlewoman vi. It hath been an old Maxime; that as pouerty goes in at one doore, loue goes out at the other. 1639 J. CLARKE Paramio-logia Anglo-Latina 25 When povertie comes in at doores, love leapes out at win-dowes. 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 J. LUBBOCK Use of Life iii. It is a mean proverb that, ‘When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window’. 1968 J. N. LOCH Fringe of Blue 6 Edith’s family all believed that love flew out of the window when poverty came in at the door. -love, blighted; poverty
  

POVERTY is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience

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  1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 105 Neuer be ashamed of thy calling, for Pouertie is no vice, though it be an inconvenience. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 278 Poortha [poverty] is a Pain, but no Disgrace. Unless it be the Effects of Laziness, and Luxury. 1945 F. THOMPSON 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. -poverty
  

POVERTY is not a crime

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  1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 105 Pouertie is no vice. 1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 844 Poverty is no sinne. 1785 C. MACKLIN Man of World iv. 56 Her Poverty is not her crime, Sir, but her misfortune. 1839 DICKENS Nicholas Nickleby lv. ‘Remember how poor we are.’ Mrs. Nickleby.. said through her tears that poverty was not a crime. 1945 F. THOMPSON 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 G. MIKES Spy who died of Boredom 50 The English say: poverty is not a sin but something much worse. -poverty