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1051. Thou mayest beg if thou seest men that can afford to do charity : if they feign inability, it is their fault, not thine.

1052. Even begging will be a pleasure if thou canst obtain what thou beggest without suffering any humiliation

1053. There is a charm even in begging, at the hands of those who understand their duty and do not falsely pretend inability to help.

1054. Behold the man who sayeth not nay to a request even in a dream: begging at the hands of such a man is as honourable as bestowing itself.

1055. If men take freely to begging as a means of livelihood, it is because there are men in the world that refuse not alms. Rh