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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

— Epictetus

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self

— Aristotle

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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

— Marcus Aurelius

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He has the most who is content with the least.

— Diogenes

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@EricAlper
I'm sure more competent authorities will be along in due course, but if you would accept assumed/implied gratitude, may I submit the lyrics to the Bare Necessities?

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Well next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue?
The bare necessities of life
Will come to you
They'll come to you!
Oh man this is really living
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
With just the bare necessities of life

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