Despice divitias, si vis animo esse beatus;
Quas qui suspiciunt, mendicant semper avari.
Wouldst happy be, scorn wealth: Those always seem
To beg it greedily who wealth esteem.
(Chase)
Scorn wealth, if you would have a mind care-freed:
Its votaries are but beggars in their greed.
(Duff)
To beg it greedily who wealth esteem.
(Chase)
Scorn wealth, if you would have a mind care-freed:
Its votaries are but beggars in their greed.
(Duff)
Here is the vocabulary:
despicio - look down on, despise
divitiae - riches, wealth
si - if
volo - want, wish, will
animus - spirit, mind
sum - be, exist
beatus - blessed, happy
qui - who, which, that
suspicio - look up to, admire
mendico - beg, be a beggar
semper - always
avarus - greedy; miser
