Quote#Money & Wealth
But Want of Money & the Distress of A Thief can never be alleged as…
Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Revd. Dr. Trusler (1799).
English (original)
But Want of Money & the Distress of A Thief can never be alleged as the Cause of his Thieving, for many honest people endure greater hard ships with Fortitude. We must therefore seek the Cause else where than in want of Money for that is the Misers passion, not the Thiefs.
— William Blake
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