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1061. The man that beggeth not is ten million times worthier than he that beggeth, even though it be only at the hands of men that give lovingly and with all their heart.

1062. If He that made the earth intended that man should live even by begging, may He wander about the world and perish.

1063. Nothing is hardier than the hardihood that sayeth to itself, I shall put an end to my indigence by begging.

1064. Behold the dignity that consenteth not to beg even when reduced to utter destitution : even the whole universe is too small to hold it.

1065. Though it is only gruel thin as water, nothing is more savoury than the food that is earned by the labour of one's hands. Rh