Rijksmuseum
Poverty is Easier to Carry than Riches
Unknown artist
The man is shouldering Poverty – not an easy burden to carry, to be sure. But at least it is manageable. Reclining on the ground is the much heavier figure of Wealth, under the weight of whom all but the strongest person would stumble and collapse.
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