Character Quote by Lucy Larcom

The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in…

— Alexander Pope

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

Covetousness teaches people to be cruel and crafty, industrious and evil, full of care and malice; and after all this, it is for no…

— Jeremy Taylor

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

— Christopher Marlowe

I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting…

— Marilynne Robinson

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that…

— Francis Bacon

We all covet wealth, but not its perils.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it.

— Alexander Wilson

A dreadful thing is the love of money! It disables both eyes and ears, and makes men worse to deal with than a wild…

— John Chrysostom

“Coveting is about craving something to the point of distraction and dysfunction. People think coveting is about craving the things you don’t have. But…

— Unka Glen

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which…

— Jean de la Bruyere