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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
wander: P. and V. πλανᾶσθαι.
be scattered: P. and V. σκεδάννυσθαι.