If thou knowest what man is, thou wilt be more happy.
ἂν γνῷς τί ἐστ᾿ ἄνθρωπος, ἡδίων ἔσῃ.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Poverty united to bad conduct utterly destroys and upturns the life of man.
No man's more fortunate than he who's poor,
Since for the worse his fortune cannot change.
I am a mortal; this very thing is the greatest cause of sorrow in life.
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