When the king of Egypt made him a present of
twenty-five talents, he received it, indeed, but laid out
the whole on his fellow-citizens; relieving the neces-
sitous with part of it, and such as were pri-
soners with the rest.
twenty-five talents, he received it, indeed, but laid out
the whole on his fellow-citizens; relieving the neces-
sitous with part of it, and such as were pri-
soners with the rest.
Plutarch - Lives - v7
