Avarice Quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius

“Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers.” quote by Claude Adrien Helvetius — Download Open image

“Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing. The greedy misers rail at sordid misers.”

Claude Adrien Helvetius

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