Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. Christopher Marlowe
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. Daniel Defoe
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. Michel de Montaigne
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. John Milton
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness. William Shakespeare
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. John Milton
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy. Chanakya
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
