The love of money is the root of all evil.

ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία.

1st Timothy 6:10

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Love of money Greed Money

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1st Timothy The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Greek

Time

64 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 6:10).

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Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on Political Economy

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Accumulation of wealth Money

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Discourse on Political Economy
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1755 1750s 18th century
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

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Deliverance of Israel Liberation
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Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Exodus 3:8).

Another quote originally in Greek

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
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Socrates

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Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Another quote of the following type Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Living well is the best revenge.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Living well Revenge

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George Herbert
Source
Jacula Prudentum
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1633 1630s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 520.