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I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Michel de Montaigne
Respect, Acceptance, Self Reliance
Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 16, 1595.
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.