Epicurus: The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infin

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth — Epicurus

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity . (15)

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τὸ φρικωδέστατον οὖν τῶν κακῶν ὁ θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς͵ ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμε — Epicurus
Nearly allied to justice are the virtues of beneficence, compassion, gratitude, — Epicurus
ἄφοβον ὁ θεός, ἀνύποπτον ὁ θάνατος, καὶ τἀγαθὸν μὲν εὔκτητον, τὸ δὲ δεινὸν εὐεκκ — Epicurus
A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any — Epicurus
"If an entire nation of 300 millions took to similar economic exploitation, it w — Mahatma Gandhi
If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; an — Miguel de Cervantes
This world is but a lottery of goods, of ranks, of dignities, of rights. — Voltaire
I cannot help hoping that many will feel themselves obliged to buy it. I shall n — Jane Austen
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. — Rudyard Kipling
No friend's a friend till prove a friend. — Beaumont and Fletcher
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he — John the Evangelist
Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most — Napoleon