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but to the city from which he came, replied that neither
would he himself ever have made a name if he had been born in Seriphus nor
the other if he had been an Athenian. And the same principle applies
excellently to those who not being rich take old age hard; for neither would
the reasonable man find it altogether easy to endure old age conjoined with
poverty, nor would the unreasonable man by the attainment of riches ever
attain to self-contentment and a cheerful temper.” “May
I ask, Cephalus,” said I, “whether you inherited most of
your possessions or acquired them yourself?” “Acquired,
eh?” he said.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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