Classic Wisdom
Spending money is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But getting paid, what will compare with it? The way in which we worship money is really marvelous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all evil, and that on no account can a rich man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition.
Herman Melville – Moby Dick
The Message Version
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I dubbed this "the Message version" because I paraphrased the passage for clarity
I didn't think that sounded too Melville. Great thought. And good luck getting through Moby Dick. I'd say it would be easier to get a whale through the eye of a needle than to read that book from beginning to end.
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