Sunday, October 24, 2010

Commonplace Book

'Pity is the widow's mite; it is the incomparable offering of the poor man, who with generosity outstripping that of all the wealthy in this world of ours, gives with the gift of his tears a piece torn from his heart.'

from The Manuscript of a Village Doctor, a piece in Mother of Pearl by Anatole France (translated by Frederic Chapman)

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