What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Greed combined with power can deplete even immense wealth. No resource is infinite against avarice.
- In plain terms
- Greed and power can exhaust any wealth.
- What can you take from it?
- Avarice plus power depletes resources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is truly inexhaustible?
- How much power is too much?
Another view
It does not address how to stop such exhaustion.
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