Zenobius 6.43
Wealth, wealth makes the man
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English
Proverb
Wealth, wealth makes the man
Explanation
this a saying, like the precepts of the Seven Sages. Pindar mentions it. Alcaeus the poet says it was uttered by Aristodemus the Lacedaemonian.
Greek
Proverb
Χρήματα χρήματ’ ἀνήρ
Explanation
αὕτη ἀποφθεγματικὴ ἐστὶν, ὡς τὰ παραγγέλματα τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν. Μέμνηται αὐτῆς Πίνδαρος. Ἀλκαῖος δὲ ὁ ποιητὴς ὑπὸ Ἀριστοδήμου τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίου εἰρῆσθαι ταύτην φησίν.
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