Rapacity Quotes

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But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with… — D. H. Lawrence
The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us but can call… — Abraham Lincoln
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
In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong, the… — Georges Cuvier
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew… — Joseph Conrad
Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of such predators, all… — Gilbert Sorrentino
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized… — Ezra Stiles
For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation. — Lewis Thomas
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!' and which would seem to… — Erasmus Darwin
What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the DoppelschlÃ¤ferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Where hunters and woodcutters once slept in their boots by the dying light of their thousand fires and went on, old teutonic forebears with eyes… — Cormac McCarthy
Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of… — Edmund Burke

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