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We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
Pericles
Pericles
Died: 429 BC

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Wealth, Poverty, Admit, About, Something, Properly, Rather, Shame, No-One, Taking, Practical, Real, Escape, Than, Regard, Ashamed, Boast, Used, Measures, Need

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