How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery.

Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives

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Topic

Wealth Contentment Desire Appetite Freedom

Author

Plutarch

Source

Demetrius Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Biography Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

2nd century

Occupation

Historian Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Plutarch. "Demetrius." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Demetrius." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Old to grow, but ever learning.

Solon

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Learning Wisdom Aging Old age
Speaker
Solon

Author

Plutarch
Source
Solon Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
119 110s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.

Another quote about Freedom

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic
Freedom Liberation The human condition

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote originally in Greek

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:28

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God is in control

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Apostle Paul
Source
Romans The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
56 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:28).