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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", XXIV. 22, (pp. 864-867), 1922.
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous