Covetous Quotes

42 quotes by 35 authors

The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. — Ben Jonson
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous. — Thomas Browne
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. — Sun Tzu
One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie
Be thrifty, but not covetous. — George Herbert
Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling… — Harriet Quimby
The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace
The covetous man is always poor. — Claudius Claudianus
The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the… — Pope Francis
Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it. — Alexander Wilson
Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of the soul; as physicians judge… — Thomas Adams
The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition.… — John Bunyan
Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures… — Gerrard Winstanley
The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader, or he will… — Thomas Adams
The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer,… — Milton R. Hunter
For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at… — Sun Tzu
Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two, your life preaches all the… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave. — Horace

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