There's a famous anecdote about C.S. Lewis saying much the same thing:

> On the way to an Inklings meeting, he gave some money to a street beggar, and I made the usual objection: "Won't he just spend it on drink?"

> Lewis answered, "Yes, but if I kept it, so would I."

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