“The safest wealth is the poverty of needs.”

— Franz Werfel

Der sicherste Reichtum ist die Armut an Bedürfnissen.
Zwischen oben und unten (1946), p. 315

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Der sicherste Reichtum ist die Armut an Bedürfnissen.

Zwischen Oben und Unten : Prosa, Tagebücher, Aphorismen, literarische Nachträge. München [u.a.]: Langen-Müller, 1975, S. 168 ISBN 3-7844-1562-8

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