"La Nature ne m'a point dit: ne sois point pauvre; encore moins: sois riche; mais elle me crie: sois indépendant."
— Nicolas Chamfort

January 1, 1970

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Maximes et Pensées, #281 — Nature didn't tell me “Don't be poor”; and certainly didn't say: “Get rich”; but she did shout: “Always be independent!” — Reflections