“A pauper in the midst of wealth.”

— Horace, book Odes

Book III, ode xvi, line 28.
Conington's translation: "'Mid vast possessions poor."
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)

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Roman lyric poet -65–-8 BC

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