He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SocratesTag: contentment greed gluttony avarice
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Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
Charles Haddon SpurgeonFor avarice begins where poverty ends.
Honoré de BalzacGenuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.
Victor HugoIt was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.
E.A. BucchianeriTag: wisdom gold curiosity human-nature proverbs common-sense greed faults sad-but-true catholic-author avarice riches gadfly wise-sayings deadly-sins greediness greedy-people mammon
Avarice, he assured them, was the one passion that grew stronger and sweeter in old age.
Willa CatherTag: avarice
We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister.
“Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. “Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power.”
“My brother is undoubtedly arrogant,” Tyrion Lannister replied. “My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?” He grinned.
Tag: innocence power arrogance avarice
Avarice is patriotic!
William DonaldsonTag: patriotism avarice
This was the time when the rush for the spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last, shamelessly, amid the sound of crumbling neighbourhoods and fortunes made in six months. The city had become an orgy of gold and women.
Émile ZolaTag: lust greed avarice speculation
They again kissed each other and fell asleep. The patch of light on the ceiling now seemed to be assuming the shape of a terrified eye, that stared wildly and fixedly upon the pale, slumbering couple who reeked with crime beneath their very sheets, and dreamt they could see a rain of blood falling in big drops, which turned into golden coins as they plashed upon the floor.
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