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Aglaos

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The poorest man in Arcadia, pronounced by Apollo to be far happier than Gygēs, because he was “contented with his lot.”

Poor and content is rich and rich enough;

But riches endless are as poor as winter

To him who ever fears he shall be poor.”


 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ages
Agelasta
Agenorides
Agent
Agglutinate Languages
Aghast
Agio
Agis
Agist
Agla
Aglaos
Agnes
Agnes (St.)
Agnes Day (St.)
Agnoites (3 syl.). Ag-no-ites, or Ag-no-i-tæ
Agnostic (An)
Agnus-castus
Agnus Dei
Agog
Agonistes
Agonistics