CURATED COLLECTION

Simple Living

Everything you own also owns a part of you — the case for wanting less and noticing more.

17 quotes found

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Let us crown ourselves with roses, let us drink wine.

—AnacreonLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

—SocratesPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Forget death; seek life. Be happy, enjoy yourself, dance and play.

—Sin-leqi-unninniScholar

Ancient World ERA • MENA

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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

—HoraceLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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A life without feasts is a long road without inns.

—DemocritusAtomist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on.

—Omar KhayyamMathematician, Astronomer & Poet

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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I prefer movies. I prefer cats. I prefer the oaks along the Warta.

—Wisława SzymborskaPoet

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold; happiness dwells in the soul.

—DemocritusAtomist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

—Omar KhayyamMathematician, Astronomer & Poet

Medieval ERA • Central Asia

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Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

—HoraceLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad to be born in these.

—OvidPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Let your clothes be clean, your head washed, bathe often. Look at the small child holding your hand.

—Sin-leqi-unninniScholar

Ancient World ERA • MENA

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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

—Oscar WildePlaywright & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.

—HoraceLyric Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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So often does the mind of man create fresh hells for itself.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Sweet it is, when on the great sea, the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Fear is not driven out by the sword but by reason.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe