“As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more.”
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam,
Maiorumque fames.
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)
Statement to Woodward and Bernstein, in his period of secret revelations to them during the Watergate investigations. Published in All the President's Men (1974) by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Misattributed
“As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more.”
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam,
Maiorumque fames.
Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC)
“As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more.”
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam,
Maiorumque fames.
Virgil (-70–-19 BC) Ancient Roman poet
Horace, Odes, Book III, ode xvi, lines 17–18
Misattributed
L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer
Source: In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, (2013), p. 301
“Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.”
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
“If he followed his bliss, it’s the money you’d miss.”
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 48
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Why Men Earn More (2005), p. 3.
“To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.”
Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693) Japanese writer
Book II, ch. 5.
The Japanese Family Storehouse (1688)
“Should your son follow his bliss, it’s most likely the money he’ll miss.”
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 83