He [Solon] also used to say that if all men took their woes to a single place, they would prefer to carry home their own rather than bear their portion from the common heap of miseries.
idem aiebat si in unum locum cuncti mala sua contulissent, futurum ut propria deportare domum quam ex communi miseriarum acervo portionem suam ferre mallent.
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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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(T. Edwards, 1891)