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C. S. Lewis Quotes: It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork.
         

It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork.


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This page presents the quote "It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork.". Author of this quote is C. S. Lewis. This quote is about human stupidity, humans, poverty, avarice, nature, stupidity, overwork,.