Quotes about avarice
avarice fair foul gods hundred longer ourselves precaution useful
For at least another hundred years we must preÂtend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still. John Maynard Keynes
avarice consent diamond earth easily hardly human ingenuity satisfy scratch turned
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
avarice-greed morality kind
Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all. Stendhal
avarice balances bosses checks corporate flawed humans journalist provide tremendous union
One of the things you learn as a journalist is that when there's no accountability, we humans are capable of tremendous avarice and venality. That's true of union bosses - and of corporate tycoons. Unions, even flawed ones, can provide checks and balances for flawed corporations. Nicholas Kristof
avarice evil promise promises purple rewards robe varied vices
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
avarice lust mankind possess rather seems seized totally wealth
The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.