That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
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The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.George Gissing
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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
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