It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's digni…

W. Somerset Maugham
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.343, Diversion Books
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.343, Diversion Books

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