"Those who fail to provide for themselves will eventually injure their friends and those who always provide for their friends will eventually injure themselves."
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As quoted in Lin Yutang's With Love and Irony (1945), 'In Defence of Gold Diggers', p. 221
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Zhang Chao
Zhang Chao (埾潎; born in 1650) was a Chinese author.
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