Idem sensit Fabricius Luscinus, honoribus et auctoritate omni civitate temporibus suis maior, censu par unicuique pauperrimo, qui a Samnitibus, quos universos in clientela habebat, decem milia aeris et quinque pondo argenti, totidem servos sibi missos in Samnium remisit, continentiae suae beneficio sine pecunia praedives, sine usu familiae abunde comitatus, quia locupletem illum faciebat non multa possidere sed modica desiderare.
Fabricius Luscinus was of the same mind. In his day he excelled all the community in offices and authority, but in wealth he was on a par with the poorest. When the Samnites, all of whom were his clients, sent him ten thousand pieces of bronze and five pounds of silver and ten slaves, he sent them back to Samnium. In virtue of his continence he was a very wealthy man without money, abundantly attended without use of an establishment, because it was not large possessions that made him rich but moderate desires.
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