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But still, by Zeus, said the Sacian, when everything is going well, you must at the sight of so many blessings be many times as happy as I.
The pleasure that the possession of wealth gives, my good Sacian, said Pheraulas, is not nearly so great as the pain that is caused by its loss. And you shall be convinced that what I say is true: for not one of those who are rich is made sleepless for joy, but of those who lose anything you will not see one who is able to sleep for grief.
But still, by Zeus, said the Sacian, when everything is going well, you must at the sight of so many blessings be many times as happy as I.
The pleasure that the possession of wealth gives, my good Sacian, said Pheraulas, is not nearly so great as the pain that is caused by its loss. And you shall be convinced that what I say is true: for not one of those who are rich is made sleepless for joy, but of those who lose anything you will not see one who is able to sleep for grief.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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