The lust of lucre has so totally seized upon mankind, that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth. (Pliny the Younger)

The lust of lucre has so totally seized upon mankind, that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth.

Pliny the Younger

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