Poverty is a thorough instructress in all the arts.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
One eyewitness weighs more than ten hearsays. Seeing is believing, all the world over.
Oh, are not the pleasures in life, in this daily round, trifling compared with the pains!
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment.
It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.
If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.
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