“Satiety breeds arrogance whenever men with unfit minds have great wealth.”
τίκτει γὰρ κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν πολὺς ὄλβος ἕπηται
ἀνθρώποις ὁπ̣όσοις μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ἦι.
Solon the law-maker
Solon, Fragment 6.2-4
“Satiety breeds arrogance whenever men with unfit minds have great wealth.”
τίκτει γὰρ κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν πολὺς ὄλβος ἕπηται
ἀνθρώποις ὁπ̣όσοις μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ἦι.
Solon the law-maker