The love of money is the root of all evil
All wrongdoing can be traced to an excessive attachment to material wealth. This saying comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul. It is sometimes shortened to “Money is the root of all evil.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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