Aeschylus Quotes

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

I have always resented the way the other sultans and emirs of my time have become too caught up in glory, pride and wealth

Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling.

The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.

The honey-bee's great ambition is to be rich, to lay up great stores, to possess the sweet of every flower that blooms. She is more than provident. Enough will not satisfy her, she must have all she can get by hook or crook.

The higher up, the harder the fall.

For avarice begins where poverty ends.

You can't win enough, you can't have enough money, you can't succeed enough. There is not enough.

Avarice is always poor.

The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.

Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.

Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.

Being rich has never stopped anyone from being greedy.

But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility, and aim only at being first. Therefore they shall surely perish.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

To crave wealth and honor, to demand power, to pile up riches, to gather all those vanities which seem to make for pomp and empty display, that is our furious passion and our unbounded desire.On the other hand, we fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means.

How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object! For this the foolish over-careful fathers Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care, Their bones with industry.

Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.

Here in the United States, we're consumed by our love of money and status. We think bigger is better, and if we can just get that promotion, all will be well with our souls. There's one fatal flaw to this mindset: it's all smoke and mirrors.

As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.