Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as…

William Shakespeare
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Poor and content, is rich and rich enough; But riches, fineless, is as poor as winter, To him that ever fears he shall be poor. ✨ 1603-4 Iago to Othello. Othello, act 3, sc.3, l.176-8.
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