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— Sophocles"Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness."
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Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.
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Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried.
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