Samuel JohnsonWhoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!
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If you are so foolish as to desire wealth and opulence, don’t become disillusioned by looking at the Pyramids. Instead, look to those with humility and resolve. The Pyramids were built by slaves, not by the kings themselves. The kings were only the architects of the majestic structures.
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