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Michel de MontaigneWe are all of us richer than we think we are; but we are taught to borrow and to beg, and brought up more to make use of what is another's than our own. Man can in nothing fix and conform himself to his mere necessity. Of pleasure, wealth and power he grasps at more than he can hold; his greediness is incapable of moderation.

 - Michel de Montaigne

Tags:   begging  borrowing  greed  moderation  necessity  wealth  

Niccolo MachiavelliMen are so simple, and yield so much to necessity, that he who will deceive may always find him that will lend himself to be deceived.

 - Niccolò Machiavelli

Tags:   deception  lies  necessity