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O money, money, how blindly thou hast been worshipped, and how stupidly abused! Thou are health and liberty and strength, and he that has thee may rattle his pockets at the foul fiend!

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
May
Foul
Pockets
Stupidly
Thou
Fiend
Thee
Rattle
Strength
Worshipped
Health
Blindly
Liberty
Hast
Money
Abused

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