"Yes, there were three categories of people: thieves, beggars and workers. I belong to the first. We thieves are insufferable, but the beggars are worse: one asks for money, another for advice, for a place, for another rescue. Yes, vivre et laisser vivre *. Selfishness is the worst and the best feeling, if you are selfish you don't need anyone but yourself (and God) and you don't need to ask anyone for anything.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Yes, there were three categories of people: thieves, beggars and workers. I belong to the first. We thieves are insufferable, but the beggars are worse: one asks for money, another for advice, for a place, for another rescue. Yes, vivre et laisser vivre *. Selfishness is the worst and the best feeling, if you are selfish you don't need anyone but yourself (and God) and you don't need to ask anyone for anything.
""Da, exista trei categorii de oameni: hoții, cerșetorii și lucrătorii. Eu aparțin primeia. Noi, hoții, suntem nesuferiți, dar mai răi sunt cerșetorii, milogii: unul cere bani, altul sfaturi, unui loc, altul salvare. Da, vivre et laisser vivre *. Egoismul e sentimentul cel mai rău și cel mai bun, dacă ești egoist nu ai nevoie de nimeni în afară de tine însuți (și de Dumnezeu) și nu trebuie să ceri nimănui nimic."