"I'D LOVE TO BE GENEROUS. I HATE HOARDING RESOURCES. BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, GENEROSITY IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, OF CIVILIZATION. IT IS THE MEN WHO CAN DO ANYTHING, THE MAN WHO, LIKE MYSELF, TAKES MONEY FROM THE POOR AND BREAD FROM THE HUNGRY, WE ARE THE ONES WHO SAVE SOCIETY, WHO SAVE LIFE, BY BEING ABLE TO DO THAT WHICH 'OTHER PEOPLE' CANNOT. I DO NOT HEED THEIR OPINION OF ME OR MY WORK, THEIR HAPPINESS OR DESPAIR. THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A NUMBER, THE FINAL LINE ON A LEDGER SHEET, AND THAT IS HOW THEY KNOW I LOVE THEM. BECAUSE IT IS FOR ALL MANKIND THAT I RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BE GENEROUS."
The Water Thief, Nicholas Lamar Soutter
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