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_"Nam nihil est, quod non mortalibus afferat / usum. "_ -- PETRONIUS
Nothing there is that mortal man may utterly despise; / What in our wealth we treasured, in our poverty we prize.
The gold upon a sinking ship has often wrecked the boat, / While on a simple oar a shipwrecked man may keep afloat.
The burglar seeks the plutocrat, attracted by his dress -- / The poor man finds his poverty the true preparedness.