βούλεο δ᾿ εὐσεβέων ὀλίγοις σὺν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖν
ἢ πλουτεῖν ἀδίκως χρήματα πασάμενος.
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Lines 145–146 (tr. H. B. Harbottle, 1897)
βούλεο δ᾿ εὐσεβέων ὀλίγοις σὺν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖν
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