Oscar Wilde: As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to — Oscar Wilde

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

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