Covetousness Quote by William Shakespeare Download Open image “Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.” — William Shakespeare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Covetousness Desire Jealousy Sin
It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are many objects of desire, and therefore many desires. Some are born with us, hunger, yearning, and pride of place, and some are… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
“I believe the sin of covetise is that pang of resentment you may feel when even the people you love best have what you… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem... — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
There are many objects of desire, and therefore many desires. Some are born with us, hunger, yearning, and pride of place, and some are… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
“The sinful desire of the flesh leads to uncleanness, sexual immorality, and sensuality.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness. — Francis Xavier Copy Share Image
It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the last grape… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Bare-faced covetousness was the moving spirit of civilization from its first dawn to the present day; wealth, and again wealth, and for the third… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
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