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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes: Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.
         

Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.


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