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Corruption often starts at the top and works its way down.

10     As the saying goes:

    Those who love money will never be satisfied with money,
        and those who love riches will never be happy with what they have.

This, too, is fleeting. 11 The more goods there are, the more people there are to consume them. How does any of this really benefit the owners except they can gaze proudly on their possessions? 12 Sweet sleep comes to those who work hard, regardless of how much or how little they’ve eaten. But the abundance of the rich keeps them awake at night.

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