Quote
βa man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
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What does this quotation mean?
The sentence challenges the equation of wealth with accumulating possessions.
Sources and attribution
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Source: Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience , Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Edition: English electronic text
View reference βFrom Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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