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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is, by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is, by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Sir W. Temple (identity unresolved)

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Sir W. Temple (identity unresolved)
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Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)

Number 845 · printed citation: Sir W. Temple

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