The love of money is the root of all evil. "New Testament? 1 Timothy" Greed will eat away the soul. "Yi Jing? Ben Xila Zhi Xun" As long as the money is available, it doesn't matter whether it smells bad or not. [English] John Harrington: "The Metamorphosis of Ajax" Everyone's desire for food is limited by the small stomach capacity of humans, but the facilities and decoration of buildings, as well as the need for clothing, cosmetics and indoor furniture The pursuit seems to have no limit and no boundaries. [English] Adam Smith: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" The treasures of nature have their edges, and are easy to obtain, while imaginary wealth lies far away in the boundless horizon. [Ancient Greece] Epicurus: "Collection of Aphorisms" only looks at the amount of wealth a person has obtained, not the amount of wealth he hopes to obtain. To measure his happiness is like expressing a person who has only molecules but no It is a futile exercise if the fractions in the denominator are the same. [Germany] Schopenhauer: "On Property" All wealth is power, so power will definitely use various means to definitely appropriate wealth to itself. [English] E. Burke: "Speeches" Virtue and wealth are difficult to combine in one person. [Meaning] Machiavelli: "The Anatomy of Melancholy" I have never seen people's honesty increase with their wealth. [American] Jefferson: "Selected Works of Jefferson" Honesty and the accumulation of great wealth are irreconcilable. [India] Gandhi As his wealth increased, so did his obsession with money. [Latin] Proverb As wealth increases, so do worries and worries, and the desire for wealth becomes stronger and stronger. [Ancient Rome] Horace: "Ode" It is difficult to get along with great wealth and contentment. [English] Tuo Fulin: "Proverbs" Wealth is the burden of virtue. I think this metaphor is very appropriate. [English] Francis Bacon: "Essays on Wealth" No personal wealth can become the ultimate value of an individual's life. [English] Francis Bacon: "The Growth of Learning" Happiness as the ultimate goal of human beings cannot be built by wealth. [Meaning] Aquinas: "Summa Theologica" According to existing experience, property is neither a criterion for determining rights nor a measure of character. [US] Thomas Paine: "On the Basic Principles of Politics" As society advances, the feudal certificates used to measure the status of nobility have disappeared; however, now money has naturally become a symbol of a person's status... Is this method Isn't it more humble? It's the meanest thing ever known to man. [English] Thomas Carlyle: "The French Revolution" A person born in a wealthy family will regard wealth as such a thing: he cannot live without wealth any more than without air. He protected his wealth as much as his life. [Germany] Schopenhauer: "On Property" The hope of unjust gain is the beginning of failure. [Ancient Greece] Democritus: "Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy" A strong desire for money results in people not getting money. [Dharma] Mendeshong: "On the Essence of the Dharma" Just like a dog holding a bone in its mouth, walking by the pond, he saw a dog holding a bone in the water. He yelled and tried to grab the bones in the water. He didn't get the ones he wanted to grab, but instead dropped the bones in his mouth into the water. [Arab] Bahaidan: "Bertzei's Waiden" Even if all the wealth in nature is added up, it cannot satisfy human greed. [Ancient Rome] Seneca: "Heracles on Mount Otta" Cursed golden desire, what can't the human heart do under your drive? [Ancient Rome] Virgil: "Aeneid" The desire for wealth is called greed. [English] Thomas Hobbes: "Leviathan" Despicable greed has been the driving force of the civilized era from the first day of its existence to this day. Wealth, wealth, and thirdly wealth, - not the wealth of society, but It is the wealth of this insignificant individual that is the only decisive purpose of the civilized age. [Germany] Engels: "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State" No matter which desire is overindulged or which interest is overdeveloped, it will disrupt the harmony of life. [Austrian] Adler: "The Science of Life" Things that are unjustly won will not end well. [English] Shakespeare: "Henry VI"