Жадность

Why exhaust yourself? The simple thing is to be content with what you have. And with immoderate acquisition, there is great labor: quarrels, litigation, deceptions, false oaths; Besides everything else, worries, like darkness, always bring them something alien. If you, sitting at a table with people who are not lower in rank than you, do not observe moderation and are upset by the fact that you grab everything by the handful, then they will not praise you. The same must be said about acquisition, because greed is disgusting everywhere. But this is not how it seems to you, because your mind is suppressed. You already own one, you desire another, you hope for a third, and for another you have pimps and accomplices, like those who serve the corrupters of the flesh. You honor gold, moth food - clothes - are buried in your chests, you are always surrounded by grain buyers, you trade in the most timeless things. Some cry, others feed on hope, because hope is a light daydream. And you put a seal on some granaries, and prudently open others, taking into account, as I think, the course of circumstances. Alas! Alas! You take taxes from the misfortune of the poor, you collect the fruits from other people’s misfortunes; the predicament of others is a kind of harvest for you (2). The children of Eli died because they had a daring mind and laid unsanctified hands on the sacred cauldrons, but Eli himself did not escape - yes, did not escape - wrath; the indecent greed of his sons brought this righteous man to destruction (2). You might be interested in: