The Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu
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A Beggar asked a rich Bishop for Charity, demanding a pound.
— ‘A Pound to a beggar! That would be extravagant.’
— ‘A Shilling then!’
— ‘Oh, it’s still too much!’
— ‘A twopence then or your Benediction.’
— ‘Of course, I will give you my Benediction.’
— ‘I don’t want it, for if it were worth a twopence, you wouldn’t give it me.’
