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“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 34b2ee72362a161ed200eb27f4e04ed0219843c1b66c8b0f3e89c6574fcc1e50
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