Avarice Quote by James Otis Download Open image “What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!” — James Otis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avarice Money Wealth
All wealth is power, so power must infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“real wealth is not what we can accumulate but what we have to share.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and while… — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before. — James Otis Copy Share Image
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far… — James Otis Copy Share Image
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle. — James Otis Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given… — James Otis Copy Share Image
No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent. — James Otis Copy Share Image
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing… — Polybius 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
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. — John Oates Copy Share Image
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied. — Horace Copy Share Image