Bene ergo Pittacus ille, qui in septem sapientum numero est habitus, cum Mytilenaei multa milia iugerum agri ei muneri darent, Nolite, oro vos, inquit, id mihi dare, quod multi invideant, plures etiam concupiscant. Qua re ex istis nolo amplius quam centum iugera, quae et meam animi aequitatem et vestram voluntatem indicent; nam parva munera diutina, locupletia non propria esse consuerunt.
For Pittacus, who was numbered among the Seven Sages, well said, when the people of Mytilene wished to make him a present of many thousand acres of land: Do not, I beg of you, give me a gift that may excite the jealousy of many and the cupidity of still more. But out of what you offer I desire no more than one hundred acres, which will be a token of my moderation and your good-will. And indeed, as a rule, small gifts are lasting, lavish ones are not permanent.
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