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Poverty may be a privilege and even a way of life for the monk in the desert,for he has only himself to sustain and none but his god to please, but I consider poverty to be the mark of lack of ability or lack of ambition.I am not deficient in either of these qualities!
Poverty may be a privilege and even a way of life for the monk in the desert,for he has only himself to sustain and none but his god to please, but I consider poverty to be the mark of lack of ability or lack of ambition.I am not deficient in either of these qualities!
Approximate author period: c. 1996 AD · modern
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- Og Mandino
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- Approximate author period: c. 1996 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Og Mandino: documented death year 1996. Wikidata Q2500222, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2500222 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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