And since each expenditure may be great of its kind, and what is most magnificent absolutely is great expenditure on a great object, but what is magnificent here is what is great in these circumstances, and greatness in the work differs from greatness in the expense (for the most beautiful ball or bottle is magnificent as a gift to a child, but the price of it is small and mean),-therefore it is characteristic of the magnificent man, whatever kind of result he is producing, to produce it magnificently (for such a result is not easily surpassed) and to make it worthy of the expenditure.
eta asko gastatu behar duen horretan gutxi gastatuz, eta gutxi gastatu behar duen horretan, asko. baina ez dute gaitzespen sortarazten, behintzat, hurkoentzat kaltegarriak ez direlako, ezta lotsagarriegiak ere. iii