Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Pecunia <una> regimen est rerum omnium.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Power of money Money

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Writer

From

Turkey Europe

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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Source
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The Camp of Wallenstein

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
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Time
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