“Wealth and poverty do not lie in a person's estate, but in their souls.”
Antisthenes (-444–-365 BC) Greek philosopher
iv. 34
From Symposium by Xenophon
“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.”
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