An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

Take what you own one thing at a time. Money helps only when you spend it, and then it’s gone, and a jewel’s shine belongs to the jewel. “Nature is content with few things, and with a very little of these.”

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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