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"The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age."

Dorothy Dix, American Journalist

Age, Dependence, Old, Poverty

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"The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age."

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