Themistocles (-524–-459 BC) Athenian statesman
As quoted in The Quotable Intellectual (2010) edited by P. Archer, p. 152 http://books.google.com/books?id=QnDvIsNKNIwC
“He preferred an honest man that wooed his daughter, before a rich man. "I would rather," said Themistocles, "have a man that wants money than money that wants a man."”
— Plutarch
49 Themistocles
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
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