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True wealth is not in what you own, but in what you can do without.
Musonius Rufus · Lectures · paraphrase
What it means today

The measure of real wealth is how much you can comfortably give up. The person who can do without much is richer than the one who owns much but needs more.

Try this todayFind one comfort you can do without, and notice how it increases your wealth.
Today’s questionHow rich am I, measured in what I can do without?
#wealth#simplicity#freedom
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