When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not? (Basil of Caesarea)

When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not?

Basil of Caesarea

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