Sunday, February 12, 2023
The School of Poverty
Quintus Curtius 3.2.15 (tr John C. Rolfe):
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And do not suppose that they are led by a desire for gold and silver; so far they have maintained that discipline in the school of poverty; when they are wearied, the earth is their bed, such food as they can snatch amid toil satisfies them, their time for sleep is shorter than the night.Related post: Train Up a Child.
ac ne auri argentique studio teneri putes, adhuc illa disciplina paupertate magistra stetit: fatigatis humus cubile est, cibus, quem occupati rapiunt, satiat, tempora somni artiora quam noctis sunt.
rapiunt Hedicke: parant codd.
