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Edmund Burke Quotes: If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
         

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.


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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
         



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