Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
Essay (1891-02), โThe Soul of Man Under Socialism,โ Fortnightly Review, Vol. 49 (ns)
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