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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it,
I do not wish. Justice, even if slow, is sure.

— Solon

χρήματα δ᾿ ἱμείρω μὲν ἔχειν, ἀδίκως δὲ πεπᾶσθαι
οὐκ ἐθέλω· πάντως ὕστερον ἦλθε δίκη.

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