Feed people's hopes, but give them only just enough to keep them from despair. -- Fransesco Guiucciardini.
...to keep hope alive, but never satisfied. -- Baltasar Gracian, A Truthtelling Manual.
Do not refuse a poor man a livelihood nor tantalize the needy.
-- Ecclesiasticus.
I saw the many work for small wages which kept them always on the borderline of want for the few who made huge profits. -- Emma Goldman 1934.
A poor man does well so long as he keeps from ambition.
No comments:
Post a Comment