Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a…

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

— Robert South

The antidote for covetousness is contentment. The two are in opposition. Whereas the covetous, greedy person worships himself, the contented person worships God. Contentment…

— John Macarthur

One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.

— Charles Caldwell Ryrie

The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty, and most…

— John Tillotson

The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

— Saadi

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it.

— Alexander Wilson

the truly covetous have never enough!

— Delarivier Manley

The covetous are always in want.

— Horace

“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.”

— Lao Tzu

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.

— Saint Basil

Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not.

— Walter Raleigh

Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.

— Thomas Browne

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

— Publilius Syrus

I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting…

— Marilynne Robinson