February 18, 2010

#459

The poor man does not envy the rich man for the opportunities for noble behavior which wealth facilitates, but rather for the degradations which wealth makes possible.

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  1. StephenNovember 17, 2010 at 1:54 PM

    The original Spanish is:

    El pobre no envidia al rico las posibilidades de comportamiento noble que le facilita la riqueza, sino las abyecciones a que lo faculta.

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