“Wealth should not be seized: god-given wealth is much better.”

— Hesiod , book Works and Days

Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 320.

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Χρήματα δ᾽ οὐχ ἁρπακτά· θεόσδοτα πολλὸν ἀμείνω.

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