WoyzeckUs poor people. Yes, money, money. You see, Captain, if you have no money. Try raising someone like me in this world on morals alone. Man is also flesh and blood.

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Ah, yes. The old, well-worn cliché of the poor working class who are so poor because they have no money. But it makes me wonder, if you have no money to pay your bills, how do you afford morals? When you have no money to pay your bills, how do you afford flesh and blood?

Source: Woyzeck

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