“Believe me, Being gay is not a choice. Noone would choose to make life harder than it has to be.”
Source: Sing You Home
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Jeffrey Montgomery (1953–2016) American LGBT rights activist and public relations executive
Commenting to media on an advertisement from a automobile manufacturer
“Bitter poverty has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.”
Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se,
quam quod ridiculos homines facit.
Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se,
quam quod ridiculos homines facit.
III, line 152-3.
Variant translations:
Of all the Griefs that harrass the Distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful Jest.
As translated by Samuel Johnson
The hardest thing to bear in poverty is the fact that it makes men ridiculous.
Wretched poverty offers nothing harsher than this: it makes men ridiculous.
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