"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
- Epictetus
Enchiridion
This is a classic Stoic reframing of wealth. It is not an absolute number in a bank account, but the ratio between what one has and what one desires. The fastest path to wealth, therefore, is not accumulation but the conscious trimming of our desires.
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