You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be y…

Henry David Thoreau
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You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2012). Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, p.49, Courier Corporation
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