"The covetous man is always poor." — Claudius Claudianus

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• Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. — Saint Basil
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• As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. — Daniel Defoe
• The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace
• When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed. — Alistair Begg
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• The poorest man is he whose only weaalth is money — Marianette Carbito
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