Excerpt from Livre de Censorinus sur le Jour Natal Les cadeaux qui consistent en objets d'or ou d'argent, objets plus pr???cieux par le fini de leur travail que par le prix de leur_ mati???re, et toutes ces autres faveurs de la fortune, excitent la cupidit??? de celui que vulgairement on nomme riche. Quant ??? toi Q. Cerellias dont la vertu non moins que l'argent. Forme la richesse c'est - ??? - dire qui es v???ritablement riche, tu ne te laisses point prendre ??? de tels app???ts. Non que tu en aies ??? tout jamais ...
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Excerpt from Livre de Censorinus sur le Jour Natal Les cadeaux qui consistent en objets d'or ou d'argent, objets plus pr???cieux par le fini de leur travail que par le prix de leur_ mati???re, et toutes ces autres faveurs de la fortune, excitent la cupidit??? de celui que vulgairement on nomme riche. Quant ??? toi Q. Cerellias dont la vertu non moins que l'argent. Forme la richesse c'est - ??? - dire qui es v???ritablement riche, tu ne te laisses point prendre ??? de tels app???ts. Non que tu en aies ??? tout jamais repouss??? loin de toi la possession ou m???me la jouissance; mais form??? par les pr???ceptes des sages, tu as assez clairement reconnu que toutes ces fragilit???s ne sont par elles - m???mes ni des biens ni des maux, mais des choses indiff???rentes c'est - ??? - dire tenant le milieu entre les maux et les biens. Elles n'ont, suivant la pens???e du po???te comique, De valeur que celle qu'a l'esprit de celui qui les poss???de des biens pour qui sait en user; des maux, . Pour qui en use mal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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