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Concerning Wealth. I.Hesiod
Hesiod
(Greek poet, fl. 8th cent.? B.C.)W
Or perjured wiles, amasses wealth,
(Such many are, whom thirst of gain betrays)
The gods, all seeing, shall o’ercloud his days;
His wife, his children, and his friends shall die,
And, like a dream, his ill-got riches fly.