Avarice Quotes

161 Avarice quotes by 121 unique authors

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. — C.S. Lewis
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to… — Thomas Paine
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break… — John Adams
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and… — Jasper Fforde
It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions… — Sam Savage
There, pride, avarice, and envy are the tongues men know and heed, a Babel of depsair — Dante Alighieri
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to… — Victor Hugo
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed. — Albert Einstein
Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust...They point us… — Richard J. Foster
My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every… — George R. R. Martin
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt,… — Martin Amis
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot… — Baruch Spinoza
Consider... the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary,… — H. L. Mencken
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace… — Dorothy Day
History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all… — Edmund Burke
The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy… — James Madison
There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining… — Samuel Johnson
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and… — Thomas More
I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn to give themselves… — Jan Hus
Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice. — Andreas Capellanus
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. — Walter Savage Landor
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch… — Andreas Capellanus
Avarice is the vice of declining years. — George Bancroft

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