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He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

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“In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

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