On Money and Wealth
He who knows that enough is enough, will always have enough.
—Lăozi, *fourth century BC
It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves for more, that is poor.
—Seneca, *64 AD
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1856
That who has less than he wants, should know that he has more than he deserves.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
1
Who wants everything - and immediately, will get nothing - and gradually.
—Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 2010
Some luck lies in not getting what you wanted but getting what you have, which once you
have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you
known.
—Garrison Keillor, 1985
Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he’s always ready to
escape their control.
—Nicolas Chamfort, 1812
Who has nothing, fears nothing.
—European proverb
1
From his Reflections, whose apparently first English translation (by Norman Alliston) was
published only in 1908.
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He who knows that enough is enough, will always have enough.
—Lăozi, *fourth century BC
It is not the man who has little, but the man who craves for more, that is poor.
—Seneca, *64 AD
That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1856
That who has less than he wants, should know that he has more than he deserves.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
1
Who wants everything - and immediately, will get nothing - and gradually.
—Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 2010
Some luck lies in not getting what you wanted but getting what you have, which once you
have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you
known.
—Garrison Keillor, 1985
Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he’s always ready to
escape their control.
—Nicolas Chamfort, 1812
Who has nothing, fears nothing.
—European proverb
1
From his Reflections, whose apparently first English translation (by Norman Alliston) was
published only in 1908.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Likharev (ed.), Essential Quotes for Scientists and Engineers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63332-5_15
133