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It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more

November 19, 2016 Nate

Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who hankers after more.


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