Gnomology (Books 3-4)
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ἐν Πέρσαις μὲν γεννηθεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἔσπευδες οἰκεῖν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, ἀλλʼ αὐτόθι διάγων εὐτυχεῖν· ἐν πενίᾳ δὲ γεννηθείς, τί σπεύδεις πλουτεῖν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ αὐτόθι μένων εὐτυχεῖν;