Social Commentaries
Book IX, 110
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Social Commentaries
I crave not for deep-soiled fields nor wealth of gold such as was Gyges’. I love a self-sufficient life, Macrinus. The saying “naught in excess” pleaseth me exceedingly.
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