Ralph Waldo Emerson on Money

“Money often costs too much.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enough / lifestyle creep

A take

Money can make a person do crazy things. If those are immoral, as they often are, then money can be attributed to negative costs. Careful to not blanketly make this connection, but rather use it as reminder that some things are more valuable than that next dollar, especially as you make more. (see: diminishing marginal utility)

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