Apr 11

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Seven Great Quotes About Money

Emperor Vespasian famously said, “Money has no smell” when questioned about his decision to tax urinals. The folks here might disagree.

The love of money might be the root of all evil, but St. Paul wasn’t the first to say so. The gnome Phocylides said the same thing (“the mother of all evil”) 600 years earlier.

It’s not surprising.

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