"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
— Mark Twain

January 1, 1970

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A precursor is found in the December 1859 edition of Household Monthly: "It is very well to repeat, parrot-like, the old axiom that 'the love of gold is the root of all evil;' but it is very certain that in truth—the lack of gold is the great incentive to crime."