<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=500889" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gain and loss</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I bought an idol made of ivory.<br>All said it was good; it got its glory.<br>Who must I be grateful to: <br>The seller, the maker, <br>The smuggler, the very tusk<br>Or the elephant slaughtered? <br>Is such gain worthy? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I lost the idol made of ivory.<br>A treasure was it; I got fury.<br>Who must I blame for the loss: <br>The inmates, the servants, <br>The thief, his need and creed<br>Or the society that valued it? <br>Is such loss a pity? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Credits and blames on tracing<br>Would fizzle out to naught.<br>03.07.2006</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=500889" data-title="Gain and loss de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="I bought an idol made of ivory. All said it was good; it got its glory. Who must I be grateful to: The seller, the maker, The smuggler, the very tusk Or the elephant slaughtered? Is such gain worthy? I lost the idol made of ivory. A treasure ..."></div> </div> </div>

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