How many things I can do without!

πόσων ἐγὼ χρείαν οὐκ ἔχω.

Socrates

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

On looking at a multitude of goods exposed for sale.

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 2, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, ch. 5.