Ambrose of Milan, on Exod 20:17

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house: neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.”

“Love of money then is an old, an ancient vice, which showed itself even at the declaration of the divine law; for a law was given to check it.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.