I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I...

Of two suitors for his daughter's hand:

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

From Plutarch, Lives, Themistocles, 18

Themistocles Quotes

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.