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But if one should guide his life by true principles, man's greatest riches is to live on a little with contented mind; for a little is never lacking.

Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet,
divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parvo
aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.

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