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Leo Tolstoy on Poverty

1828–1910 Russia

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If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.

Wealth brings a heavy purse; poverty, a light spirit.

Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.

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