Do not imagine that it is less an accident by which you find yourself master of the wealth which you possess, than that by which this man found himself king. (Blaise Pascal)

Do not imagine that it is less an accident by which you find yourself master of the wealth which you possess, than that by which this man found himself king.

Blaise Pascal

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