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title: "4 Rich Possession Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-nestell-bovee/life-is-indeed-either-a-rich-possession-or-a-poor-according-as-it-is/)

[Christian Nestell Bovee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-nestell-bovee/)

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> [Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-rousseau/luxury-corrupts-at-once-rich-and-poor-the-rich-by-possession-and-the/)

[Henri Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-rousseau/)

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> [Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/luxury-either-comes-of-riches-or-makes-them-necessary-it-corrupts-at/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-minucius-felix/can-a-man-be-poor-if-he-is-free-from-want-if-he-does-not-covet-the/)

[Marcus Minucius Felix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-minucius-felix/)

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