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Health is the greatest gift, contentedness the best riches.Tradizione buddhista · Dhammapada · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 52
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Tradizione buddhista · Dhammapada · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 52
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- W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 52 · attribuzione riportata: Dhammapada
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