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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No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCThe character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCOligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006