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Mirror 40 · Money

Consumption

You do not buy what you want. You buy who you want to be. And the tragedy is not the money you spend — it is that you keep trying to purchase a self that can only be built.

The workshop of Maison Leleu in Paris occupied a narrow building in the 11th arrondissement, a street of furniture makers and upholsterers that had been the heart of the Parisian decorative arts for two centuries. The Leleu family had been upholsterers since 1751, passing the trade from master to ap...

Reflection question

What would change in your life if you truly believed this?

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