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When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity - a waste of precious time and effort.
When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity - a waste of precious time and effort.
Approximate author period: c. 1985 AD · modern
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- Tad Williams
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- Approximate author period: c. 1985 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Tad Williams, based on documented activity in 1985. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368224 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368224 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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