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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.


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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
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RAMAKRISHNA Imagination is a more tasty meal than knowledge & knowledge taste better than wealth.
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