The More Honourable

Kρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἄρτου Ὁ πρακτικὸς καὶ ἰδιώτης, τοῦ ἐν λόγῳ καὶ κομψοῦ καὶ ἀπράκτου, τιμιώτερος. Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Παροιμιας, Κεφ' IB’ Source: Migne PG 39.1635a

Better the man in base servitude than he who bears himself with honour and lacks bread. 1 He who is active, even if a simpleton, is more honourable than he who adorns himself with mere words. Didymus the Blind, Commentary On Proverbs, Chapter 12 1 Prov 12.9