Greed Quote by D.H. Sidebottom

“It marked, further, the decay or going to pieces of his moral nature, a vain thing and a handicap in the ruthless struggle for…

— Jack London

“The principled man is merely one whose ancestors were ruthlessly unprincipled, affording him the option of acting upon fine sentiments.”

— Lynn Cullen

“The smart tyrant flatters the people with words,while with deeds he destroys them.”

— Anatoli Rybakov

“He’d wanted me to believe in his ruthlessness. Then I remembered his words from so long ago: Make me your villain. ”

— Leigh Bardugo

“The time, then, had come for him to poison himself so that an economic monopoly could be kept alive, a sprawling, interplan empire from…

— Philip K. Dick

“He's spent all his life in good-natured rebellion against the tyranny of the unimportant.”

— Robin Hardy

“Is not he? I had him along for his books and potions, and kept him for his character. Profundities of disgruntled sentiments, injured spirits,…

— Michelle Franklin

“He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse. It was to his judiciousness, at every turn, that he owed…

— Shirley Hazzard

“There was something about him so pure and untarnished,yet he was powerful and well-versed on life.”

— Cecelia Ahern

“They were pawns, pitifully despicable and disposable, and yet they were strong and fearsome.”

— Mikhail Iossel

“He created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do!”

— J.K. Rowling

“He who has not been a stubborn accuser in prosperity should hold his peace in the face of ruin.”

— Victor Hugo