E4P70

Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Homo liber qui inter ignaros vivit, eorum quantum potest beneficia declinare studet.

English (Elwes 1883)

The free man, who lives among the ignorant, strives, as far as he can, to avoid receiving favours from them.

Modern English

The free man who lives among the ignorant strives, as far as he can, to avoid receiving favours from them.