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Man wants little, nor that little long.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Wants
Littles
Little
Long
Men

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Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor who lives to fancy, never can be rich.
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Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
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