Cupidity Quotes
21 quotes by 20 authors
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PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The communism of combined wealth and capital, the outgrown of overweening cupidity and selfishness which assiduously undermines the justice and integrity of free institutions, is…
— Grover Cleveland
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From the earliest ages of history to the present day there have never been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed…
— Andrew Jackson
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War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and…
— C. E. M. Joad
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England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should…
— Stanley Baldwin
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No community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation, and its cupidity…
— George Bernard Shaw
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True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity;…
— Arthur Frederick Saunders
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Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake stops on the…
— Thomas Merton
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under…
— C.S. Lewis
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I wish I was a despot that I might save the noble, the beautiful trees that are daily falling sacrifice to the cupidity of their…
— Thomas Jefferson
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No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount…
— Sándor Márai
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Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.
— Dante Alighieri
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I will use big words from time to time, the meanings of which I may only vaguely perceive, in hopes such cupidity will send you…
— Harlan Ellison
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War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity.…
— Charles de Gaulle
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The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the accumulation…
— Charles Alexander Eastman
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No stigma attaches to the love of money in America, and provided it does not exceed the bounds imposed by public order, it is held…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would…
— John James Audubon
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Hey your so smart well once you tell the definiton of braggadocio and...Acclaim Accolade Adamant Advocate Affable Alienate Altruistic Ambiguous Amity Anarchy Apathy Appease Asperity…
— MrAwesome
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Cupidity sustains our egoism, this is noble.
— Jeremy Limn
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It is always better to win somebody's heart with originality and simplicity on any accomplishment than feel good on anybody's or everybody's best remarks on…
— Anuj Somany
Who Wrote These Cupidity Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 21 Cupidity Quotes as follows: