Leo Tolstoy: The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will incre

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less the — Leo Tolstoy

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.

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