Avarice Quote by Anonymous

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

— Aesop

“If you adopt a pattern of life that focuses on golden eggs and neglects the goose, you will soon be without the asset that…

— Stephen Covey

“many people break themselves against. This principle can be easily understood by remembering Aesop’s fable of the goose and the golden egg. This fable…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Get your marketing right and your goose lays golden eggs; don't and your goose is cooked.”

— Wayne English

Curiosity is a quest for wisdom on untamed grounds.

— Wes Fesler

“Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do…

— Elizabeth Enright

The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

— Charles Spurgeon

In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before…

— Thomas Sowell

Curiosity fed the dog.

— Wes Fesler

Curiosity is the hunger of the human mind.

— Rose Wilder Lane

“Most people see effectiveness from the golden egg paradigm: the more you produce, the more you do, the more effective you are. But as…

— Stephen R. Covey