Ben Hecht :
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
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Ostentation
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Poverty and The Poor
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Charity
Gift it
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