There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
JOHN MILTON
JOHN MILTON
John Milton on heart
John Milton74 quotes“There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.”
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