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The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.51, RosettaBooks
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The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.51, RosettaBooks

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