Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and want…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.113
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