Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set t

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

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More than we use is more than we want. – Scottish Proverb

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The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul. Proverbs 13:19 – Bible

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Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. – Baron William Henry Beveridge

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There are no better masters than poverty and wants. – Danish proverb

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