To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
– William Cobbett, Advice to Young Men
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To be rich and independent is very nearly an impossibility if you include electricity, roads, air traffic control, the internet, healthcare, schools, manufactured products, etc., etc.
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This.
Most people who have never known anything but wealth do not realize this. If anything, they are more dependent, because they don’t know what to do when anything goes wrong and money doesn’t immediately solve the issue.
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Even in a world that’s being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong. Hildegard Von Bingen
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