Said Scopas of Thessaly, "We rich men count our felicity and happiness
to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things."
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Of the Love of Wealth
to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things."
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Of the Love of Wealth
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