Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness… — Socrates
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
In the original Greek
πλοῦτός τε, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, καὶ πενία: ὡς τοῦ μὲν τρυφὴν καὶ ἀργίαν καὶ νεωτερισμὸν ἐμποιοῦντος, τῆς δὲ ἀνελευθερίαν καὶ κακοεργίαν πρὸς τῷ νεωτερισμῷ.
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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.
