{"id":19690,"date":"2025-03-17T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19690"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:33:38","slug":"avarice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19690","title":{"rendered":"Avarice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1448.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" data-attachment-id=\"19678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19678\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1448.jpeg?fit=750%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1448.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWhen avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alexander Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">As quoted by Ron Charnow in his wonderful book <a 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