The acquisition of riches has been for many men not an end, but a change, of troubles.
Epicurean philosophy
The acquisition of riches has been for many men not an end, but a change, of troubles.
Epicurean philosophy
From his teachings, recorded by Diogenes Laërtius
3rd century BCE
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