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And making profit out of
what is petty or disgraceful, or out of the weak, such as the indigent or dead;
whence the proverb, “to rob even a corpse,” for this is due
to base love of gain and stinginess.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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