Equus si virtutibus suis polleat, ut sit aequabilis vector et cursor pernix, nemo ei penuriam pabuli exprobrat: tu mihi vitio dabis non facti vel dicti alicuius pravitatem, sed quod vivo gracili lare, quod paucioris habeo, parcius pasco, levius vestio, minus obsono? Atqui ego contra, quantulacumque tibi haec videntur, multa etiam et nimia arbitror et cupio ad pauciora me coercere, tanto beatior futurus quanto collectior.
If a horse is valued for his own qualities, for example that he is a quiet mount and a fast runner, no one blames him for shortness of fodder; so do you fault me not because I am somehow vicious in word or deed, but because I live in a small house and have few slaves, whom I feed thriftily and dress lightly, and I shop cheaply? However slight these things seem to you, I for my part think them much, yes, too much, and I try to restrict myself to fewer of them, so as to increase my happiness and my self-restraint both at once.
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