Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor, And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.
若不是我们使一些人陷于贫困,怜悯便无从存在;若人人都和我们一样幸福,慈悲也就不再必要。
— William Blake · The Human Abstract · Songs of Innocence and of Experience —
Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor, And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.
若不是我们使一些人陷于贫困,怜悯便无从存在;若人人都和我们一样幸福,慈悲也就不再必要。