“ Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little always share. ”
Oscar Wilde, De Profundis (1905). copy citation
Author | Oscar Wilde |
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Source | De Profundis |
Topic | sharing |
Date | 1905 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/921/921-h/921-h.htm |
Context
“I am quite candid when I say that rather than go out from this prison with bitterness in my heart against the world, I would gladly and readily beg my bread from door to door. If I got nothing from the house of the rich I would get something at the house of the poor. Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little always share. I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart.”
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