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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… — 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… — Abraham Lincoln
- PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies… — Ambrose Bierce
- In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of… — Georges Cuvier
- The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of… — Joseph Conrad
- Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of… — Gilbert Sorrentino
- All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — 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… — 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… — Erasmus Darwin
- What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when… — Mary Wollstonecraft
- Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock