Etenim quis mortalium, quoi virile ingenium est, tolerare potest illis divitias superare, quas profundant in extruendo mari et montibus coaequandis, nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse? Illos binas aut amplius domos continuare, nobis larem familiarem nusquam ullum esse? Quom tabulas, signa, toreumata emunt, nova diruunt, alia aedificant, postremo omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant, tamen summa lubidine divitias suas vincere nequeunt.
Indeed, what mortal who has a manly disposition can endure that our opponents have a surfeit of riches to squander in building upon the sea and in leveling mountains, while we lack the private means to buy the bare necessities of life? That they join together two or even more houses to form a mansion, and yet we have nowhere a hearthstone? Though they purchase paintings, statues and objects engraved in relief, demolish new houses and construct others, in short squander and abuse their money in every way, nevertheless their utmost extravagance is unable to outdo their riches.
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