Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. — Socrates
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
In the original Greek
καὶ ἐλαχίστων δεόμενος ἔγγιστα εἶναι θεῶν
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 240
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Socrates. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, ch. 27.
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Socrates. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 2, ch. 27.
