An Excerpt from Plato's 'Republic'...
... as translated by me.
"I asked because you do not seem much pleased by money," I [Socrates] said, "and those who have not earned it themselves often are like this; but those acquiring twice as much as others greet it warmly. For just as those who create delight in their own creations, and fathers in their own sons, so those in business also hasten toward money from their own work, and others in the same way, as regards their own need. Those men are also difficult to be with, willing to approve nothing but money."
"Damn straight," said Cephalus.
"Hells yeah," I [Socrates] said.
"I asked because you do not seem much pleased by money," I [Socrates] said, "and those who have not earned it themselves often are like this; but those acquiring twice as much as others greet it warmly. For just as those who create delight in their own creations, and fathers in their own sons, so those in business also hasten toward money from their own work, and others in the same way, as regards their own need. Those men are also difficult to be with, willing to approve nothing but money."
"Damn straight," said Cephalus.
"Hells yeah," I [Socrates] said.