“Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.”

—  Anzia Yezierska

Red Ribbon on a White Horse, ch. 9 (1950)

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