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Worldly riches are like nuts many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

Nachman of Breslov

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Nachman of Breslov
Age: 38 †
Born: 1772
Born: April 4
Died: 1810
Died: October 16
Rabbi
Rebbe
Religious Leader
Eating
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Wealth
Worldly
Many
Nuts
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Stomach
Like
Riches
Broke
Teeth
Filled
Cracking

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