It is not he who has many possessions that you should call blessed: he more rightly… — Horace
It is not he who has many possessions that you should call blessed: he more rightly deserves that name who knows how to use the gods' gifts wisely and to endure harsh poverty, and who fears dishonor more than death.
In the original Latin
Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum: rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui deorum Maneribus sapienter uti Duramque callet pauperiem pati Peiusque leto flagitium timet.
Odes · 11 BC
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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 9.
Original citation
Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 9.
