Neither thief nor beggar, Giveth away the feast. Were pauper the king, all given to the lean?
this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2023
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If peasant had plenty, Would bounty cease to mean? If all were filled with fortune Would soul stay swept clean?
For the life of me my Google-flu is not turning up a source for this quote. I'd like to read it on context
That would happen if you have the Google-flu. You should take some Bing-iene to cure yourself.
Haha, take my upvote, dad
Is a pauper not usually also a beggar?
Pretty sure this was a comment here over a week ago.
Some version of the phrase has been around for a couple years at least
whoa, next thing you're gonna tell me is that the "you are the product" one hasn't been coined by Lemmy either!
It's "If you're not paying for it, you're the product" and we invented the term next week TYVM.
this is so true