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“The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“For experience showed her that she had not, by marrying a man of a large fortune, obtained any great proportion of property which she could call her own or command at her pleasure.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“Things obtained too easily are regarded too lightly.”
—Chinese proverb.
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