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“He preferred an honest man that wooed his daughter, before a rich man. "I would rather," said Themistocles, "have a man that wants money than money that wants a man."”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 4926867f04edc7f786af8239a7b57339c883c7abe3f3b4c99e25bdb1c6d4297e
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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