ὁ τὸ σκόλιον εὑρὼν ἐκεῖνος, ὅστις ἦν,
τὸ μὲν ὑγιαίνειν πρῶτον ὡς ἄριστον ὂν
ὠνόμασεν ὀρθῶς : δεύτερον δ᾽ εἶναι καλόν,
τρίτον δὲ πλουτεῖν, τοῦθ᾽, ὁρᾷς, ἐμαίνετο:
μετὰ τὴν ὑγίειαν γὰρ τὸ πλουτεῖν διαφέρει
καλὸς δὲ πεινῶν ἐστιν αἰσχρὸν θηρίον.
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