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Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.

Charles Lamb
Pockets, Painful, Deny
Charles Lamb (1903). “The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Miscellaneous Prose”, p.500, Library of Alexandria
Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.