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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -

What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Death
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Butterflies
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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. – Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

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The more we have the less we own. – Meister Eckhart

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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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To be upset over what you dont have is to waste what you do have. – Ken Keyes Jr.

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