"The covetous man is ever in want." — Horace
"The covetous man is ever in want."
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499 Quotes by Horace
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy…
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Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness…
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not…
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives…
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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More Covetous Quotes
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The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
— Ben Jonson
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Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
— Thomas Browne
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
— Sun Tzu
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One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the…
— Charles Caldwell Ryrie
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
— George Herbert
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Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over…
— Harriet Quimby
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The covetous man is always poor.
— Claudius Claudianus
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The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a…
— Pope Francis
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Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard…
— Alexander Wilson
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Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of…
— Thomas Adams
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