"Money in itself is not an exciting thing: a piece of paper or a piece of metal that has a value determined by social consensus. Everything that we can get through pieces of paper and pieces of metal (material possessions, power, a peaceful life) makes people believe that money can buy happiness, even though they keep saying how untrue it is.
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Money in itself is not an exciting thing: a piece of paper or a piece of metal that has a value determined by social consensus. Everything that we can get through pieces of paper and pieces of metal (material possessions, power, a peaceful life) makes people believe that money can buy happiness, even though they keep saying how untrue it is.
""Önmagában a pénz nem egy izgalmas dolog: egy papírfecni vagy egy darabka fém, ami a társadalmi közmegegyezés szerint meghatározott értékkel bír. Mindaz, amihez a papírfecnik és a fémdarabok révén hozzájuthatunk (anyagi javak, hatalom, nyugodt élet), hiteti el az emberekkel, hogy a pénzen lehet boldogságot is venni, noha eközben folyton azt hangoztatják, ez mennyire nem igaz."