money, n.Definitions

Money is a great servant but a bad master.

Money is a blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience and truth may be drowned.

Money is a global instrument whereas, in the 18th century, it was a local instrument.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it... a mistress, if thou knowest not.

Money is a great treasure that only increases as you give it away.

Money is a durable consumer good, an asset, and place to store wealth very temporarily characterized for its convenience, security, and perfect liquidity.

Money is a link between intersubjective and intrasubjective reality, for it circulates all values, whether physical or psychical, mediating external and internal worlds. As such, desires that do not have an exchange value are alienated. The power of realizing these desires without an outlet is thus necessarily projected onto money.