Avarice Quote by Saint Patrick Download Open image “Avarice is a deadly sin.” — Saint Patrick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avarice Deadly Sin
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We live in a culture that consumes to the extent that avarice is no longer one of Gregory the Great's deadly sins but one… — Dennis Okholm Copy Share Image
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Avarice, with all its black attendants, is confessedly a crime of old age, and seldom arrives at maturity till accompanied with gray hairs. — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
“A deadly sin that brings no evil material sequel to the satisfaction afforded by committing it is one thing. A deadly sin that gives… — Rafael Sabatini - The Hounds of God Copy Share Image
It's another sin. Worse than all the other ones, which are immediate, violent and hot...It's the eighth deadly sin. The one God left out,… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonders which have been shown… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many. — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
“Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me. — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath… — Saint Patrick 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
