Full Idea
Unless a point of satiety is reached, the desire for money is far more cruel than the utmost poverty, because the greater the desire, the greater the need
Clarification
'satiety' is complete satisfaction
Gist of Idea
The endless desire for money is a crueller slavery than poverty
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B219), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.10.43
Book Reference
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.191