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If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about society, thieves, contentment

The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about envy, home, house

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck