Лучше простой, но работающий на себя, нежели выдающий себя за знатного, но нуждающийся в хлебе.
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.
Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than to be self-important but have no food.
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Better is the one who is [b]slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.