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A large dowry does not make better children. Cleitarchus. Self-control is the foundation of piety; the desire for possession, the beginning of greed. For

injustice is born from the love of money. 15Ε_128 Of Cato. Glory and wealth without wisdom are not secure

possessions. Of Apollonius. It is not being poor by nature that is shameful, but to be poor for a shameful reason,

that is a disgrace. Of Eusebius. The foolish among men honor and admire those who have great wealth and

are worthless; but of the worthy, when they condemn their lack of money, they are contemptuous.

Of Menander. One must have a rich soul; for money, This is an appearance, a curtain for life. Blessed is he who has substance and sense. For he uses these things well for what is necessary. Whoever holds out his hand for gold, Even if he says nothing, is planning evil things. I have never envied a very rich Man enjoying nothing of what he has. You speak, but what you speak, you speak for the sake of receiving. Of Crato. There is no misfortune in life greater than poverty; For even if you are worthy by nature, You will be laughed at. It is better to be poor honorably than to be rich wickedly; For the one brings pity, the other reproach. From the works of Favorinus. A Boeotian, having come upon a treasure after seventy years,

lifting his leg, scorned it and passed by, as it was no longer of any concern to him. Just as when drinking the same wine, some become drunk and disorderly, while others are calmed;

so it is also with wealth. Of Bion. Bion used to say that those who are zealous for wealth are ridiculous,

which fortune provides, illiberality guards, and goodness takes away. 15Ε_130 Of Theognis. Not in vain, O Wealth, do the gods honor you most, For you easily bear wickedness. I do not desire to be rich, nor do I pray for it, but may it be for me To live from a few things, having no evil. Of Lucian. Naked I came upon the earth, and naked shall I go under the earth, And why do I toil in vain, seeing the end is naked? Of Simonides. Simonides, when asked which is more preferable, wealth or wisdom; I do not

know, he said; I see, however, the wise frequenting the doors of the rich.

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Προίξ πολλή τέκνα βελτίονα οὐ ποιεῖ. Κλειτάρχ. Ἐγράτεια κρηπίς εὐσεβείας· ὄρεξις κτήσεως, ἀρχή πλεονεξίας. Ἐκ

γάρ φιλαργυρίας ἀδικία φύεται. 15Ε_128 Κάτωνος. ∆όξα καί πλοῦτος ἄνευ φρονήσεως, οὐκ ἀσφαλῆ

κτήματα. Ἀπολλωνίου. Οὐ τό πένεσθαι κατά φύσιν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλά τό δι᾿ αἰσχράν αἰτίαν

πένεσθαι, ὄνειδος. Εὐσεβίου. Οἱ μάταιοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τούς μέν μεγάλα χρήματα ἔχοντας καί

φαύλους ὄντας, τιμῶσί τε καί τεθαυμάκασι· τῶν δέ σπουδαίων, ἐπειδάν ἀχρηματείαν καταγνῶσιν, ὑπερφρονέουσιν.

Μενάνδρου. Ψυχήν ἔχειν δεῖ πλουσίαν· τά δέ χρήματα Ταῦτ᾿ ἔστιν ὄψις παραπέτασμα βίου. Μακάριος ὅστις οὐσίαν καί νοῦν ἔχει. Χρῆται γάρ οὗτος εἰς ἅ δεῖ ταῦτα καλῶς. Ὅστις ὑπέχει χρυσίῳ τήν χεῖρα, Κἄν μή φησί, πονηρά βουλεύεται. Οὐ πώποτε ἐζήλωσα πλουτοῦντα σφόδρα Ἄνθρωπον ἀπολαύοντα μηδέν ὧν ἔχει. Λέγεις, ἅ δέ λέγεις, ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις. Κράτωνος. Οὐ ἔστι πενίας μεῖζον οὐδέν ἐν βίῳ Σύμπτωμα· καί γάρ ἄν φύσει σπουδαῖος ᾖς, Καταγέλαστος ἔσῃ. Καλῶς πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἤ πλουτεῖν κακῶς· Τό μέν γάρ ἔλεον, τό δ᾿ ἐπιτίμησιν φέρει. Ἐκ τῶν Φαυωρίνου. Βοιωτός ἐντυχών θησαυρῷ μετά ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη,

ἐπάρας τό σκέλος ἀπεματάϊσε καί παρῆλθεν, ὡς οὐκέτι ὄντα πρός αὐτόν. Ὥσπερ τόν αὐτόν οἶνον πίνοντες, οἱ μέν παροινοῦσιν, οἱ δέ πραΰνονται·

οὕτω καί τόν πλοῦτον. Βίωνος. Βίων καταγελάστους ἔλεγεν τούς σπουδάζοντας περί τόν πλοῦτον,

ὅν τύχη μέν παρέχει, ἀνελευθερία δέ φυλάττει, χρηστότης δέ ἀφαιρεῖται. 15Ε_130 Θεόγνιδος. Οὐ δέ μάτην, ὦ Πλοῦτε, θεοί τιμῶσι μάλιστα, Ἡ γάρ ῥηιδίως τήν κακότητα φέρεις. Οὐκ ἔραμαι πλουτεῖν, οὔτ᾿ εὐχομαι, ἀλλά μοι εἴη Ζῇν ἀπό τῶν ὀλίγων οὐδέν ἔχοντι κακόν. Λουκιανοῦ. Γῆς ἐπέβην γυμνός, γυμνός δ᾿ ἐπί γαῖαν ἄπειμι, Καί τί μάτην μοχθῶ, γυμνόν ὁρῶν τό τέλος; Σιμωνίδου. Σιμωνίδης ἐρωτηθείς, πότερο αἱρετώτερον πλοῦτος, ἤ σοφία· οὐκ

οἶδα, ἔφη· ὁρῶ μέντοιγε τούς σοφούς ἐπί τάς τῶν πλουσίων θύρας φοιτῶντας.