William Shakespeare Quotes

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

William Shakespeare

• Poverty
• Virtue
• Rich
• Sin
• Beggar

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• Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Poverty
  • Virtue
  • Rich