An ugly, ill-natured slave was loved by her master. With the money he gave her she decked herself in glittering finery and set herself up as a rival to her own mistress. She sacrificed constantly to Aphrodite, thanking the goddess for making her beautiful. But Aphrodite appeared to her in a dream and said, "Do not thank me for making you beautiful. I am vexed and angry with the man in whose eyes you seem so."
Do not let yourself be puffed up with pride when your gains come by shameful means.
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