Socrates Quotes About Greed
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.
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I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.
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Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
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The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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