Greed Quote by Herman Melville Download Open image “The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.” — Herman Melville ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Greed Men Poor Poor man Poverty Want
The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty, and most… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it. — Alexander Wilson Copy Share Image
If thou desire not to be poor, desire not to be too rich. He is rich, not that possesses much, but he that covets… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
No man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence! — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“But were the coming narrative to reveal in any instance, the complete abasement of poor Starbuck's fortitude, scarce might I have the heart to… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“(On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“So seemed it to me, as I stood at her helm, and for long hours silently guided the way of this fire-ship on the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Now, as I before hinted, I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Yet this is life. For hardly have we mortals by long toilings extracted from this world's vast bulk its small but valuable sperm; and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“THE UNFORGIVEN Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people: The kind who take and don't give. The kind… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“The fact that they viewed their wealth as a result of their own hands, without any honor other than lip service being given to… — Lee Goff Copy Share Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Who does not know that kings and rulers sprang from men who were ignorant of God, who assumed because of blind greed and intolerable… — Pope Gregory VII Copy Share Image
''And one day when all is gone and mankind is lost, all he leaves is the desert.'' ''For man is his own demise the… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“Wisdom teaches us that our real enemies are never other living beings. They are ignorance and its minions, including greed, hatred, anger, pride, and… — Guy Newland Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image