In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives. It preoccupies their thoughts, creates artificial needs, and draws a curtain between them and the world.


The Promise of American Life (ed. 2007)

Herbert Croly Quotes

In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives....

In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives....

In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives....

In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their money, not their money to their lives....