Man sets no limit to the lust for wealth;
For those of us who have the largest means
Strive hard to double them.

πλούτου δ᾿ οὐδὲν τέρμα πεφασμένον ἀνδράσι κεῖται·
οἳ γὰρ νῦν ἡμέων πλεῖστον ἔχουσι βίον,
διπλάσιον σπεύδουσι.

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