Lack of money, according to George Bernard Shaw

List of famous misquotations

A two-part television documentary aired on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2006, discussing religious faith.

One of the compilation comic books of the User Friendly webcomics series (alluding the to Unix concept of the root user).

The first track of the album Octavarium by the progressive metal band Dream Theater

The love of money (φιλαργυρία), according to Apostle Paul (1 Timothy 6:7-10). Often misquoted as just "money". "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

Pride according to the apocryphal Apocalypse of Paul, 24.

Premature optimization, according to C. A. R. Hoare and Donald Knuth

In a more literal sense, the characters of Lucifer or Satan in the New Testament and of Iblis in the Quran are described as the propagators of evil, as a result of rebellion against God and banishment from heaven.

Pandora's box, a mythological object