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"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store."

Edward Dyer, English Poet

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"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store."

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