Speussipus

“What do you want with her? I will find you a much prettier woman for ten Talents," is an ignominious quote attributed to Speussipus, an ancient Greek thinker whose works are lost either in obscurity or went disregarded due to his alleged bad reputation.
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Crates

"If you choose to live our way, you will never yearn for your wealth. You will open your purse happily to give away everything without any sorrow or trembling hands. If you see your purse full, you will empty it and if you see it empty, you will not be perturbed. Because you will have both learnt to spend money as well as live without it. Instead, you will lead a content life, bereft of desires and happy with whatever you get.”
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Cleanthes

“I too wish to depart, but when I perceive myself to be in good health in every respect, and to be able to recite and read, I am content to remain,” said Cleanthes, a Stoic thinker and successor of Zeno of Citium.
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