Ἐν γῇ πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτοῦντα πλεῖν

better to be a poor man on land than to make a voyage as a rich one

Translated by David Whitehead28 Nov 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐν γῇ πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτοῦντα πλεῖν.

Betacode

*)en gh=| pe/nesqai ma=llon h)\ ploutou=nta plei=n.

Antiphanes fr. 101 Kock, now 290 K.-A.; Diogenianus 4.83 and other paroemiographers.
cf. eta 5.

Ἐν γῇ πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτοῦντα πλεῖν · better to be a poor man on land than to make a voyage as a rich one (ε 1150) · Suda