Avarice Quote by Jonathan Swift

There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.

— Jonathan Swift

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds…

— Jonathan Swift

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

— Jonathan Swift

Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe to a…

— Jonathan Swift

I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a…

— Jonathan Swift

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

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

'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches.

— John Oates

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy…

— Petrarch

Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.

— Honore de Balzac

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

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