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“Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.” quote by Aristotle — Download Open image

“Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.”

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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

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There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,…

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What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of one's knowledge, and what is to be their end? What can be more deeply disheartening than to wonder whether one's soul is, perhaps, a material thing, like a stone or a reptile, corruptible like these base…

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