The poor are merely sentimental, and very excusably sentimental, if they praise the gentleman for having a… — G. Chesterton
The poor are merely sentimental, and very excusably sentimental, if they praise the gentleman for having a ready hand and ready money. But they are strictly slaves and sycophants if they praise him for having a ready tongue. For that they have far more themselves.
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