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Virtus post nummos.

Horace, Epistulae 1.1.53-56:

“ÅŒ cÄ«|vÄ“s, cÄ«|vÄ“s, quÇ£|rÄ“ndă pÄ•|cÅ«nĭă | prÄ«mum Ä“st;
vÄ«rtÅ«s | pōst nÅ«m|mōs!” HÇ£c | JānÅ«s | sÅ«mmÅ­s ăb | Ä«mō
prōdŏcĕt, | hǣc rĕcĭ|nūnt jŭvĕ|nēs dīc|tātă sĕ|nēsquĕ.

“Hey, citizens! Citizens! Seeking money should come first – virtue after dollars!” This is what the Janus teaches from end to end; the young and the old repeat this lesson.

The Janus Medius was “the place in the forum where bankers and speculators gathered for business.”

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