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He cannot provide for the wants of others, whose own are numerous and craving.
He cannot provide for the wants of others, whose own are numerous and craving.
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Plutarch
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)
Number 1996 · printed citation: Plutarch
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