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Natural wealth is limited and easy to get, while the wealth of vain fancies recedes without end

Drawn from what Epicurus said

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Wanting less and living simply make a person richer than earning more

What Epicurus actually said

Epicurus c. 341–270 BCE Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE)

Nature’s wealth at once has its bounds and is easy to procure; but the wealth of vain fancies recedes to an infinite distance.

Where this was said

↗Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925)en.wikisource.org

c. 341–270 BCE

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