"You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death.  [Lat., Non possidentem multa vocaveris  Recte beatum; rectius occupat  Nomen beati, qui Deorum  Muneribus sapienter uti,  Duramque callet pauperiem pati,  Pejusque leto flagitium timet.]" - Horace

Horace: You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses...

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"You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death. [Lat., Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati, Pejusque leto flagitium timet.]" - Horace

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