"The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

Man, Men, Debt, Living, Poor

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"The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house."

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