Socrates Quotes on Nostr: "And so they grow richer and richer, and the more they think of making a fortune the ...
"And so they grow richer and richer, and the more they think of making a fortune the less they think of virtue; for when riches and virtue are placed together in the scales of the balance, the one always rises as the other falls."
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