"Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods."

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“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”

“The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man.”

“Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.”

“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”

“Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty.”

“The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other names besides.”

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