Letter 123: Even if some of your flatterers told you that your response was the product of reason rather than anger, it seems to...
Rejoice in poverty more, inasmuch as in the corruption of gold virtue shines all the brighter. The poor man who possesses virtue is richer than the rich man who lacks it, for his treasure is stored where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where the fluctuations of fortune cannot reach it.
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Latin / Greek Original
ΡΜ΄. – ΘΕΟΔΩΡΩ
Πενίᾳ μᾶλλον χαίρειν, ὅσον μάλιστα ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ τοῦ χρυσοῦ ἡ ἀρετὴ διαλάμπει.
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