King-lear Quote by William Shakespeare

“O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous. Allow not nature more than nature needs, Man's life is…

— William Shakespeare

“Too cheap, my dear fellow. Must Nature always be asked to straighten out the mess that man has made? And so, even you don't…

— Karel Čapek

“Sometimes our blessings are limited. There is a tangible poverty that surrounds us. We are not offered an obvious tapestry of choices. Still, even…

— Julie Tallard Johnson

“Even those who are materially poor have something to offer, and in doing so, open themselves up to the circular energy of generosity and…

— Stephen Richards

For greed, all nature is too little.

— Anonymous

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

— Seneca

We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“There always are and always will be some strange personalities in our country, whatever the conditions, who though peaceful and not at all lazy…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But strangers and the poor may pluck for themselves the fruit from my tree: that causes less shame. But beggars should be entirely done…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The earth provides enough to satisfy every person's need, but not every person's greed.”

— Anonymous

“I don't know what it is about fecundity that so appalls. I suppose it is the teeming evidence that birth and growth, which we…

— Annie Dillard

“Humans are pathetically greedy and easy to manipulate.”

— Christie Golden