The rich have a horror of Poverty because they have a dim f… - Léon Bloy

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The rich have a horror of Poverty because they have a dim foreboding of the expiatory interchange implied by her presence.

Léon Bloy

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Léon Bloy (11 July 1846 – 3 November 1917), was a French novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet.

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Alternative Names: Léo Bloy • Léon Henri Marie Bloy • Le Mendiant ingrat • Mendiant ingrat • Le Pèlerin de l'absolu • Pèlerin de l'absolu

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Woe to him who has not begged!
There is nothing more exalted than to beg.
God begs. The Angels beg. Kings, Prophets, and Saints beg.

The Bourgeois who has religious feelings sees very clearly the absolute necessity of serving two masters at the same time in order to achieve success in his business, which naturally comes before everything else.

Of the truths which embarrass him he thinks it better to remain unaware.

The rich have a horror of Poverty because they have a dim foreboding of the expiatory interchange implied by her presence. - Léon Bloy

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