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SocratesContentment is natural wealth; luxury, artificial poverty.

—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

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CiceroIf you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

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EpicurusSelf-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.

—  Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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DiogenesHe has the most who is most content with the least.

—  Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

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Pablo PicassoArt is the elimination of the unnecessary.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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G. K. ChestertonThere are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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T. S. EliotTo do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Kin HubbardThe hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

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Henry David ThoreauThat man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

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Antonio PorchiaA large heart can be filled with very little.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Walt WhitmanI have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Zig ZiglarUntil you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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Dr. Thomas FullerHalf a Loaf is better than no Bread.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Odysseas ElytisI wanted the minimum and they punished me with the maximum.

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

Gustave FlaubertThe most beautiful works are those where there is the least material.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

D. H. LawrenceA woman unsatisfied must have luxuries. But a woman who loves a man would sleep on a board.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Henry MillerI have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Frank A. ClarkA child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it.

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

François RabelaisFrugality is for the vulgar.

—  François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer

Ancient Greek

Marcus AureliusHappiness in life depends on very few things.

Εν ολιγίστοις κείται το ευδαιμόνως βιώσαι.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 67

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DemocritusHe is a sensible man who does not grieve for what he has not, but enjoys what he has.

Ευγνώμων ο μη λυπεόμενος εφ’ οίσιν ουκ έχει, αλλά χαίρων εφ’ οίσιν έχει.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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DemocritusIf you do not want many things, the few will seem many.

Ην μη πολλών επιθυμέης τα ολίγα τοι πολλά δόξει.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Periander of CorinthHope as a mortal, be frugal as an immortal.

Έλπιζε ως θνητός, φείδου ως αθάνατος.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth

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