Quote#Happiness
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt
Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Be Merry Friends; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.
— John Heywood
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