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Jeremy Taylor: No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with…

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

In today’s wordsNobody is poor unless he thinks he is. But if you have plenty and still impatiently want more, you're announcing your own need and poverty.

Jeremy TaylorCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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