The more men 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. Plato. The Republic. Book 8.
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| Roman scales and weights 2nd century BCE - 1st century CE from Pompeii photographed at the Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy and the Pompeii exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington. |
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