"Wealth is the number of things one..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wealth is the number of things one can do without.
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“It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go. For there are times when one absolutely must go at least somewhere!”
“One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.”
“There were moments when I hated everybody I came across, innocent or guilty, and looked at them as thieves who were robbing me of my life with impunity. The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself - but you just can't help it.”
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“Yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren't happy! And once those with material wealth encounter small difficulties, their amount of mental suffering is sometimes bigger than it is for those who have faced such difficulties every day.”
“To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”
“The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.”