In the past, the rich bought houses and villas only on the hills of Lake Como, as Pliny did with Villa Commedia, in order not to lose the view and not to have floods. “The poor went to the shore to get their feet lapped by the water.”

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In the past, the rich bought houses and villas only on the hills of Lake Como, as Pliny did with Villa Commedia, in order not to lose the view and not to have floods. “The poor went to the shore to get their feet lapped by the water.”" in the context of "In passato i ricchi compravano le case e le ville solo sulle colline del Lago di Como, come fece Plinio con villa Commedia, per non perdersi la vista e per non avere allagamenti. "In riva a farsi lambire i piedi dall'acqua ci andavano i poveri.”
 • Il Giornale, Giorgia Gandola, 7 March 2008" to mean that wisdom is timeless.