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• There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no… — Chanakya
• I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at… — Abraham Cowley
• Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift;… — J. Reuben Clark
• All sin is selfish, whether it be lying, cheating, stealing, immorality, covetousness, or idleness. Sin is for one's own ends,… — Derek A. Cuthbert
• Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people,… — Justin Martyr
• A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people — Al-Ghazali
• One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the… — Charles Caldwell Ryrie
• Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color.… — Neale Donald Walsch
• As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. — Daniel Defoe
• Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust;… — Unknown Author

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