Fragment 81 (Voigt 148)
81 · Voigt 148Wealth without thee, Worth, is no safe neighbour [but the mixture of both is the height of happiness].
Ὀ πλοῦτος ἄνευ σεῦ γ’ ἀρέτα ‘στ’ οὐκ ἄσινης πάροικος
[ἠ δ’ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων κρᾶσις εὐδαιμονίας ἔχει τὸ ἄκρον].
Wealth without virtue is a dangerous guest;
Who holds them mingled is supremely blest.
— J. H. Merivale.
From the Scholiast on Pindar. The second line appears to be the gloss of the commentator, though Blass believes it is Sappho’s.
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