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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Biography1 quote
How many things I can do without! — Socrates · 399 BCHistorical literature1 quote
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. — Socrates · 240Philosophical literature1 quote
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. — Aristotle · 350 BCPolitical literature1 quote
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. — Aristotle · 350 BC