Quote themes throughout time

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ~Epictetus

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”  ~ Henry Thoreau

“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy (stuff) we don’t need.” ~ Fight Club

Funny… after a couple thousand years people are saying the same thing.  Will the past always continue to be the future?