To have money means to have options. It's quite natural for all beings to try to move into the position from where they have more options. If you live in a dark corner, you might dream of a life on the hill top - you might love to have a position of more options. Love of money is nothing more or less than that, isn't it?
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Not at all. An aspiration to improve one’s position in life is VERY different to a love of money. Hence the saying!