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False shame keeps company with him that's poor;
Shame that or harries man or profits him.
Shame poverty pursues, and rashness wealth.

— Hesiod Works and Days (-700)

αἰδὼς δ᾿ οὐκ ἀγαθὴ κεχρημένον ἄνδρα κομίζει,
αἰδώς, ἥ τ᾿ ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται ἠδ᾿ ὀνίνησιν·
αἰδώς τοι πρὸς ἀνολβίῃ, θάρσος δὲ πρὸς ὄλβῳ.

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