So you think that money is the root of all evil. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe.
Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
He had a big head and a face so ugly it became almost fascinating. Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods. First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day.