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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. - Henry David Thoreau (Walden; or, Life in the Woods Quotes)

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

Source:(Ticknor and Fields, ed. 1954), Chapter II. Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, Page 89
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Henry David Thoreau  (Walden; or, Life in the Woods Quotes)
  • Book: Walden
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Classics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Autobiography
  • Published: 1854
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