He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and… — Horace
He is not poor who has enough of things to use. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet, the wealth of kings can give you nothing more.
In the original Latin
pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus, si ventri bene, si lateri est pedibusque tuis, nil divitiae poterunt regales addere maius.
20 BC
★ 3.7Provenance
Current citation
Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 12.
Original citation
Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 12.