 but when there is a real use for it. To avow poverty with us is no disgrace: the true disgrace is in doing nothing to avoid it. An Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household ; and even those of us who are engaged...  College Greek Course in English - Page 51by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1884 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
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