Happiness | Arseholery | Leftovers | Spoiler alertsSharon Cooke (Letters, 19 April) writes that Gaby Hinsliff´s formula for happiness is not a new one and quotes Salford´s first MP who said `My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants`. He might have been quoting Epicurus, who 2,200 years earlier wrote, `If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not give him more money, but diminish his desires` and also `Nothing satisfies him for whom enough is too little.`Joe CockerLeominster, Herefordshireo The achievements of Kathrine Switzer are remarkable (Marathon struggle of runner who changed athletics, 19 April). But it should be remembered that the `woman who jumped out of the bushes` in 1967 was Bobbi Gibb, who finished the race 50 minutes quicker than Kathrine Switzer and is the officially credited winner not just that year, but in 1966 and 1968 too; and can equally be described by your headline.James CairdLudlow, Shropshire Continue reading...
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