Letter 841: Wealth is a tool, not a treasure.
Συγγνώμης χαὶ τιμωρίας μείζονα πολλάχις τολ- μῶσιν ἄνθρωποι χρημάτων ἕνεχεν χαὶ ἀρχῆς, καὶ τοῦ μηδενὶ τούτων παραχωρῆσαι. Κτήσασθαι μὲν γὰρ αὑτὰ βουλόμενοι, διὰ μυρίων χαχῶν χτῶνται,, χαὶ φοδούμενοι ἀποδαλεῖν, πολλῷ ἀργαλεωτέροις () ἐγχειροῦσι. Νομίζοντες γὰρ τὸ ἀποδαλεῖν τοῦ μηδὲ χτήσασθαι δεινότερον εἶναι, χαλεπώτερα μηχανῶν- ται" χρὴ οὖν ἐν προοιμίοις περιγίνεσθαι τῶν πα- θῶν (), ἵνα μὴ τελευτῶντες ἀνήχεστα νοσοῦντες φωραθῶμεν.
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