To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously conside…

Charles Caleb Colton
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To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1828). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those who Think, p.191
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