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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. – Samuel Johnson

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