William Blake - Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his t...

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Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

William Blake

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Geldmangel und die Not eines Diebes können niemals als Ursache für Diebstahl geltend gemacht werden, denn viele ehrliche Menschen erleiden mit der Standhaftigkeit größere Schwierigkeiten. Wir müssen deshalb die Sache anderswo suchen als aus Geldmangel, denn das ist die Leidenschaft des Geizhals, nicht die des Diebes.

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