“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”
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Source: Path of Life (1909), p. 89
“Better a thrifty son-in-law and poor, than a glutton who is rich.”
— Mateo Alemán, book Guzmán de Alfarache
Pt. II, Lib. III, Ch. X.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)
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