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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the…
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its…
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself from below,…
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the…
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism…
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,…
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does…
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Popular Covetous Man quotes from across the collection:
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
— Ben Jonson
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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The covetous man is ever in want.
— Horace
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The covetous man is always poor.
— Claudius Claudianus
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The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God…
— John Bunyan
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The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader,…
— Thomas Adams
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For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man…
— Sun Tzu
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Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
— Saint Basil
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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his…
— John Milton
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The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
— Thomas Adams
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth,…
— Francis Bacon
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