Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 69 [tr. Lyman (1862)] - Publilius Syrus

What greater evil could you wish a miser than a long life?

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 69 [tr. Lyman (1862)]

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Topics: avarice, curse, desire, eternity, immortality, long life, miser, torment, want
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