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Health, Beauty, Wealth

By Anaxandrides (Fourth Century B.C.)

WHOE’ER he was that made the drinking-song,

Who put health first, as though it were the best,

So far, was right;—but second he set beauty,

And riches third! There he, you see, was daft;

For after health is wealth the chiefest thing,—

A handsome starveling is a wretched beast!

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