Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessi…

Benjamin Franklin
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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. ✨ James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes, Harpercollins
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