Social Commentaries
Book IX, 172
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Social Commentaries
I care no longer for either Hope or Fortune ; their deceit is now of no account to me; I have reached the haven. I am a poor man, but freedom is my house-mate, and I turn my back on wealth which insults poverty.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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