Aristotle Quotes

The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

Aristotle

• Life
• Good
• Money
• Wealth
• Compulsion

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  Aristotle
  • Life
  • Good
  • Money