It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty. — Juvenal. Early 2nd century Roman poet Money, Poverty
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.