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In answer to the man who called Lampis 1 of Aegina happy, because he seemed very rich in having many cargoes on the sea in ships, a Spartan said, ‘I do not pay much attention to happiness that hangs by ropes ! ’ 2
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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