Denis Diderot Quote

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or...

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or...

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or...

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or...