δραχμὰς ἂν ἤτησ' εἴκοσιν εἰς ἱμάτιον

From LSJ

Πενίαν φέρειν οὐ παντός, ἀλλ' ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → Perferre inopiam non nisi sapientium est → nicht jeder meistert Armut, nur der weise Mann

Menander, Monostichoi, 463

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

he would have asked twenty drachmas for a cloak