Money isn't the root of evil, but the love of money is. Having great wealth is good, but wealth having you is not.

钱并非万恶之源，对钱的热衷之心才是。你拥有巨富是好事，而让巨富拥有你却是件坏事。

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See not, the door of good deeds. See not, and the root of evil.

见己不是，万善之门。见人不是，诸恶之根。

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WHEN people say that "money is the root of all evil," they usually don't mean that money itself is the root of evil.

当人们说“金钱是万恶之源”的时候，他们未必认为金钱本身是渊薮。

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Charlie you often complain that accountants are the root of much evil and also even more folly.

查理，你经常讲到会计是当今,糟糕经济的根源。

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Given that they think The Great Gatsby is a tale of social mobility and not one of a self-created hero, these two economists seem to think our inequality is the root of all evil, that no one can move in society because the rungs of the ladder are too far apart, so to speak.

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