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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: It's a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.
         

It's a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.


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