Avarice Quotes

161 quotes by 125 authors

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. — Dante Alighieri
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the… — Tecumseh
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. — George Washington
All social rules and all relations between individuals are eroded by a cash economy, avarice drags Pluto himself out of the bowels of the earth. — Karl Marx
What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings had their embalmed bodies preserved… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty,… — Michel de Montaigne
Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and… — Thomas Merton
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. — Michel de Montaigne
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of have was never large enough to cover. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession. — Ben Jonson
It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world. — Emily Bronte
There are some sordid minds, formed of slime and filth, to whom interest and gain are what glory and virtue are to superior souls; they… — Jean de la Bruyere
I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people… — Mark Twain
People can commend the weather without envy. — William Shenstone
Avarice is a cursed vice: offer a man enough gold, and he will part with his own small hoard of food, however great his hunger. — Lucian
It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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