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Lucretius on how to live in the world.
Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.
That if anyone should govern their life with true reason, there are great riches to a man who may live simply with a calm mind; for indeed one lacks not, who has little.
Quod: but, because, that
Siquis: if anyone
Vera: true
Ratione: reason
Vitam: life
Gubernet: should govern
Divitiae grandes: great riches
Homini sunt: are to a man
Vivere parce: to live frugally, simply
Aequo animo: with a calm mind
Neque enim: for indeed not
Est umquam: as ever
Penuria: poverty, lack
Parvi: of little
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Lucretius on how to live in the world.
Quod siquis vera vitam ratione gubernet, divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo; neque enim est umquam penuria parvi.
That if anyone should govern their life with true reason, there are great riches to a man who may live simply with a calm mind; for indeed one lacks not, who has little.
Quod: but, because, that
Siquis: if anyone
Vera: true
Ratione: reason
Vitam: life
Gubernet: should govern
Divitiae grandes: great riches
Homini sunt: are to a man
Vivere parce: to live frugally, simply
Aequo animo: with a calm mind
Neque enim: for indeed not
Est umquam: as ever
Penuria: poverty, lack
Parvi: of little
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