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Quote by Paul Verlaine
Je ne donne rien aux pauvres parce que je suis un pauvre moi-même.
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The speaker says that being poor themselves leaves them unable or unwilling to give anything to other poor people. The statement presents poverty as a shared condition that limits what the speaker can offer.
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- Les Mémoires d’un veuf (public-domain facsimile)
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- Official Statement
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