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Epictetus
Epictetus
106 AD·Nicopolis

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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It is not things that disturb us, but our judgments about things. For example, death is nothing terrible, for if it were, it would have appeared so to Socrates; but the judgment that death is terrible — that is the terrible thing.

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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.

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He is richest who is content with the least, for contentment is the wealth of nature.

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If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

Lao TzuLao Tzu·600 BC

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

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