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Heu misera in nimios hominum petulantia census!

— Sulpicius Lupercus Servastus

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De Cupiditate, 1 (Tr. Duff & Duff)

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They are beggared of Latin style, and their confused jargon minces ridiculous words to an accompaniment of shocking sounds.

Alas for the baleful poverty of the miser who is never rich! His desire for a limitless heap of what he holds makes him a beggar.

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