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Indeed, he considered this life of ours as an idle game, and our span of years as a market that will be a source of profit. “No matter how wicked the means,” he says, “one must make a living.”
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
He thinks of human life as just a game, a market where he can make a profit. He believes that he must make money however he can, even by evil ways.
But they guessed fleshly delighting [or a playing place] to be our life, and the conversation of life to be made to (or for) winning, either covetousness, and that it behooveth to get on each side, yea, of (or by) evil.
But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
But they considered our existence an idle game and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
They think that life is just a game. They think that our day-to-day existence is just a profit-seeking carnival. As they say: “You must earn a living however you can, even if it means doing the wrong thing.”
Instead, he esteemed our life a mere game, and our span of life a holiday for gain; “For one must,” says he, “make a profit in every way, be it even from evil.”
But he considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.
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