<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433234" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Before The Making of a Dollar</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Standards valued today, <br>And what they 'should' be...<br>Have definitely changed, <br>From what those same values...<br>Applied yesterday.<br>Had been and use to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in 'those' days...<br>A having of dignity and pride, <br>Was shown and not denied.<br>And depending on who you are...<br>A pride taken in oneself, <br>Will be labelled conceit and arrogance.<br>Again...<br>This depends one how one is depicted.<br>And 'what' one represents.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To emphasis those values...<br>Only when they seem to be demeaned, <br>By a targeted class of people hip hopping on the scene...<br>Society chooses to belittle and disrespect.<br>With a media microscoping to defame and diminish.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However...<br>Those same values are not kept, <br>When addressing those who believe they are above others...<br>When marketing their disgrace, <br>To advertise high on billboards, movies...<br>And other 'money grabbing' ways up in everyone's face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Standards valued today, <br>And what they 'should' be...<br>Have definitely changed, <br>From what those same values...<br>Applied yesterday.<br>Had been and use to be.<br>Before the making of a dollar, <br>Replaced the making of quality human beings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433234" data-title="Before The Making of a Dollar de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Standards valued today, And what they 'should' be... Have definitely changed, From what those same values... Applied yesterday. Had been and use to be. And in 'those' days... A having of dignity and pride, Was shown and not denied. And dependi..."></div> </div> </div>

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