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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 224. The quote today is by Plato. The

  • Greek philosopher and here's the quote. "The greatest wealth is to live content

  • with little. " Content of course means satisfied. So if we can be satisfied with

  • little. Well you'll probably have less things to worry about.

  • I guess that's the idea. So let's look at the note here. Now there are different

  • types of wealth you know, money of course is one type of wealth. You know, family is

  • another. Happiness is another. Health could be another. So that there are

  • others. Let's continue. Plato was basically trying to say, if you could be

  • satisfied with a lot less, your life will be less complicated and

  • less stressful. Assuming you know, you have at least the basic amount of money

  • you know, you have enough money to cover your basic expenses. So that you have a

  • roof over your head. You know you're not starving and you're not starving or ill.

  • Yeah. Well then being satisfied with little would probably give you more free

  • time to enjoy the simple things in life such as family, nature, growing stronger

  • bonds, relationships with people etc. If you have a lot of wealth, sometimes that

  • comes with headaches too. As well, you may have to worry about protecting your

  • wealth or possibly losing your wealth too. And we can look at this part. Even if you, even if

  • you have material wealth if you're still it's still not a bad idea to be content

  • with less. Then you will be less likely to squander this money that you got. Your

  • wealth and you could keep a lower profile too. So you don't attract the

  • wrong people or you don't provoke jealousy or something like that. It's

  • still a good idea to just be satisfied with less.

  • if you're satisfied with less then you're less likely to have jealousy.

  • You're less likely to have more, more troubles and you're more likely to just

  • be you know, happier in your life.Okay anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear.

  • Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 224. The quote today is by Plato. The

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