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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: There are three wants which can never be satisfied: that of the rich who want something more that of the sick who want something different and that of the traveler who says
         

There are three wants which can never be satisfied: that of the rich who want something more that of the sick who want something different and that of the traveler who says "Anywhere but here."


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