Selfish greed is the root of all ugliness
Hawthorne said: "Money is not the root of all evil, but the excessive, selfish, and greedy pursuit of money is the root of all ugliness." ”
This view is most vividly reflected in the British writer Jane Austen's masterpiece "Sense and Sensibility", John Dashwood and his wife.
John Dashwood, the heir to the family, promised to take care of his stepmother and three sisters before his father's death, and as a result, he and his wife Fanny behaved not only greedy but also selfish when faced with the division of the estate.
He disobeyed his father's last words, not only did he not give his stepmother and three sisters any financial help, but he also worried about the gold and silver utensils owned by his stepmother, and forced the four mother and daughter to leave Nolan Manor.
John and his wife are typical misers, with no family affection to speak of. John obeys his wife, and his wife Fanny is ruthless to family affection.
It is often said that money is the touchstone of family affection. Mr. and Mrs. John treat family affection thinner-thank, narrow-minded, selfish, and ugly.
There is a classic quote that says: "Money is not happiness, a person can be happy even if he is poor." ”
But there are people in the world who bury their happiness because of money and embark on the road of no return.
In the hit drama "Unexpected", in order to buy a house for his parents, You Gang borrowed 1 million usury to speculate in stocks without his wife's mortgage, fell into the trap set by "friends", and all of them were lost.
Money is the most test of human nature, under the scheme given to You Gang by "friends", he did not stick to the bottom line of being a person, but became shameless and greedy, and embarked on the road of defrauding the heroine Ruan Zhenzhen, making mistakes again and again.
Rousseau said, "Poverty wants a little, luxury wants many things, but greed wants everything." ”
Those who are content, sleeping on the ground, are like happiness; Those who are not content, although they are in heaven, are not satisfied.
Selfish and greedy people often only value immediate interests, do not see the hidden crises, and cannot grasp a clear direction of life.
Only when people sweep away their inner selfishness and greed will all ugliness be far away, and can they support their own boats in the ocean of life and treat life normally.
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