Saturday, March 11, 2023
Who Is Rich?
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.48.2 (on Publicola; tr. Earnest Cary):
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He continued to live on the small estate he had inherited from his ancestors, leading a life of self-control and frugality superior to every desire, and with his small means he brought up his children in a manner worthy of their birth, making it plain to all men that he is rich, not who possesses many things, but who requires few.Related post: Parvo Dives.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇ μικρᾷ καὶ πατροπαραδότῳ διέμενεν οὐσίᾳ σώφρονα καὶ αὐτάρκη καὶ πάσης ἐπιθυμίας κρείττονα βίον ζῶν, καὶ παῖδας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀλίγοις χρήμασιν ἐθρέψατο τοῦ γένους ἀξίους, καὶ δῆλον ἐποίησεν ἅπασιν, ὅτι πλούσιός ἐστιν οὐχ ὁ πολλὰ κεκτημένος, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μικρῶν δεόμενος.
