Avarice Quote by Aristotle Download Open image “The avarice of mankind is insatiable.” — Aristotle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avarice Insatiable Mankind Nature of man
People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so proneto give, that he delighteth in… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
If you are to love mankind, you must not expect too much from it. — Charles Edward Montague Copy Share Image
“Our desire for these things is insatiable, perhaps because they help to narrativize and streamline the chaos and absence of meaning.” — Ted Pigeon Copy Share Image
No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Desire is insatiable not because the goods of the world are too few, too uniform, or too bland. Desire burns through the goods of… — Wendy Farley Copy Share Image
As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling.… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
The world being illusive, one must be deluded in some way if one is to triumph in it. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing… — Polybius Copy Share Image
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. — John Oates Copy Share Image
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied. — Horace Copy Share Image
