best quotations about
Greed |
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Quotations
 | Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 22 likes |
 | To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 16 likes |
 | It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 14 likes |
 | Money is not only the object but also the fountainhead of greed. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher 9 likes |
 | Loss is not as bad as wanting more. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 8 likes |
 | Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 5 likes |
 | Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 4 likes |
 | The more you have the more you know you don’t have. — Aristotle Onassis, 1900-1975, Greek tycoon 4 likes |
 | Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 4 likes |
 | Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | Are there no more worlds that I might conquer? — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon 3 likes |
 | The point is that you can't be too greedy. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 3 likes |
| We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us manage to remain greedy. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more. 3 likes |
 | Where poverty ceases, greed begins. |
 | Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman |
 | It's the man who dares to take, who is independent, not he who gives. |
 | For most, love is probably a form of greed; for the rest of mankind, it is the cult of a suffering and masked divinity. — Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst |
 | We would be happier with what we have if we weren’t so unhappy about what we don’t have. |
| If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. |
 | I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money. |
Latin Quotes
 | Fortune to many gives too much, enough to none. Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli. — Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams 13 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | You can't have everything ... where would you put it. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 6 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Poverty needs many things, but greed everything. Η πενία πολλών εστιν ενδεής, η δ’ απληστία πάντων. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 9 likes |
 | It is greed to do all the talking and not be willing to listen. Πλεονεξίη το πάντα λέγειν, μηδέν δε εθέλειν ακούειν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
