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Classical antiquity1 quote
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. — Aristotle · 350 BCNew Testament Era1 quote
And distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. — Acts 4:35 · 62The Renaissance1 quote
Distribution should undo excess
And each man have enough. — William Shakespeare · 1606