ille enim Samnitium divitias contempsit, Samnites eius paupertatem mirati sunt: nam cum ad eum magnum pondus auri publice missum attulissent, benignis verbis invitatus ut eo uti vellet vultum risu solvit et protinus supervacuae inquit, ne dicam ineptae, legationis ministri, narrate Samnitibus M Curium malle locupletibus imperare quam ipsum fieri locupletem, atque istud ut pretiosum ita malo hominum excogitatum munus refertote, et mementote me nec acie vinci nec pecunia corrumpi posse.
For he despised the riches of the Samnites, whereas the Samnites wondered at his poverty. When they brought him a great weight of gold sent by public authority and invited him in friendly terms to make use of it, he burst out laughing and said straight away: Performers of an unnecessary mission, not to say a foolish one, tell the Samnites that M. Curius had rather give orders to the rich than be rich himself. Take back this gift, costly no doubt but invented for the ill of mankind, and remember that I can neither be beaten in battle nor corrupted with money.
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