Avarice Quote by Ben Jonson Download Open image “I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.” — Ben Jonson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avarice Cunning Glad Glory Greed Possession Wealth
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. — Sallust Copy Share Image
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. — Sallust Copy Share Image
One of the world's glory is the glory of a property while in the hereafter is the good deeds. — Ustad Azhar Idrus Copy Share Image
Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Glory is a often praised thing because of the way it makes people feel, but Glory is for the weak hearted and actions based on feelings is foolish. Humility, however, is of the wise. For the wise were not born wise but were once fools who accepted correction from their wrongdoings and learned from their mistakes. This is the cause… — Kevan Langley Copy Share
If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise; I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Heaven prepares good men with crosses; but no ill can happen to a good man. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Rich apparel has strange virtues; it makes him that hath it without means esteemed for an excellent wit; he that enjoys it with means… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his… — Ben Jonson 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
