I care for riches, to make gifts
To friends, or lead a sick man back to health
With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth
For daily gladness; once a man be done
With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

σκοπῶ τὰ χρήμαθ᾿ ὡς ἔχει μέγα σθένος
ξένοις τε δοῦναι σῶμά τ᾿ ἐς νόσους πεσὸν
δαπάναισι σῶσαι· τῆς δ᾿ ἐφ᾿ ἡμέραν βορᾶς
ἐς σμικρὸν ἥκει· πᾶς γὰρ ἐμπλησθεὶς ἀνὴρ
ὁ πλούσιός τε χὠ πένης ἴσον φέρει.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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