"It is hard for an empty bag..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
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“You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.”
“For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living.”
“Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”