| 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. -- Robert South |
| Author:
South, RobertEra:
1634 |
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| Desire of having is the sin of covetousness. -- William Shakespeare |
| Author:
Shakespeare, WilliamEra:
1564 |
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| 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 |
| Author:
Milton, JohnEra:
1608 |
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| True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. -- Phaedrus |
| Author:
PhaedrusEra:
25 |
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| From covetousness anger proceeds; from covetousness lust is born; from covetousness come delusion and perdition. covetousness is the cause of sin. -- The Hitopadesa |
| Author:
Hitopadesa, TheEra:
600 |
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| He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes. -- Seneca |
| Author:
SenecaEra:
-4 |
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| The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. -- Akhenaton |
| Author:
AkhenatonEra:
-1375 |
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| Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell. -- The Dhammapada |
| Author:
Dhammapada, TheEra:
-300 |
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