Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911
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Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardThe populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCMuch money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702