Speak not of wealth; I can’t admire a god
whom even the basest man can get into his hold.

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Æolus [Αἴολος], frag. 20 (TGF)
    (Source)

Nauck frag. 20, Barnes frag. 15, Musgrave frag. 14. (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

Talk not of Plutus; I despise the God
Whom every villain may with ease possess.
[tr. Wodhull (1809)]


 
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