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Clara haec felicitas: obscurior illa, sed † diuino splendori praeposita: cum enim Gyges regno Lydiae armis et diuitiis abundantissimo inflatus animo Apollinem Pythium sciscitatum uenisset an aliquis mortalium se esset felicior, deus ex abdito sacrarii specu uoce missa Aglaum Psophidium ei praetulit. is erat Arcadum pauperrimus, sed aetate iam senior terminos agelli sui numquam excesserat, paruuli ruris fructibus uoluptatibus contentus. uerum profecto beatae uitae finem Apollo non adumbratum oraculi sagacitate conplexus est. quocirca insolenter fulgore fortunae suae glorianti respondit magis se probare securitate ridens tugurium quam tristem curis et sollicitudinibus aulam, paucasque glebas pauoris expertes quam pinguissima Lydiae arua metu referta, et unum aut alterum iugum boum facilis tutelae quam exercitus et arma et equitatum uoracibus inpensis onerosum, et usus necessarii horreolum nulli nimis adpetendum quam thesauros omnium insidiis et cupiditatibus expositos. ita Gyges, dum adstipulatorem uanae opinionis deum habere concupiscit, ubinam solida et sincera esset felicitas didicit.
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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