"If you do not have the capacity for happiness with a little money, great wealth will not bring it to you."

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— Jerome K. Jerome

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"It seems so sad to see the little dirt-grimed brats try to play in the noisy courts and muddy streets. Poor little uncared-for, unwanted human atoms, they are not children. Children are bright-eyed, c…"

— Jerome K. Jerome

drama1859–1927

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"I looked good, faster than light with a little money in my pocket. You know what I mean. I was the same as always: the clothes looked first-rate. That was fine, because most people only look at the cl…"

— George Alec Effinger

Literature1947–2002

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"Dear Martyrs, We do not address you as men who have passed away, but rather as men who are still living among your own people, among your own brothers in the Armed Forces and among your own honest fam…"

— Saddam Hussein

Politics1937–2006

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