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Genericized in other phrases from money is the root of all evil.
root of all evil (plural roots of all evil)
- Something that is perceived to be a root cause of all the world's evil.
Translations
- Dutch: zaad van alle kwaad
- Finnish: kaiken pahan alku ja juuri
- German: Wurzel allen Übels f, Ursprung alles Bösen m
- Hungarian: minden baj(nak)/rossz(nak) gyökere/forrása/kútforrása/oka
- Romanian: rădăcina tuturor relelor f (definite)