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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 23 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 17 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 15 likes |
 | Loss is not as bad as wanting more. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 10 likes |
 | Money is not only the object but also the fountainhead of greed. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher 10 likes |
 | Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 7 likes |
 | Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 6 likes |
 | Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 6 likes |
 | The more you have the more you know you don’t have. — Aristotle Onassis, 1900-1975, Greek tycoon 5 likes |
 | The point is that you can't be too greedy. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 5 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 4 likes |
 | Are there no more worlds that I might conquer? — Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon 4 likes |
| We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us manage to remain greedy. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 4 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 4 likes |
 | As money grows, care follows it and the hunger for more. 4 likes |
 | Where poverty ceases, greed begins. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 1 likes |
 | 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 1 likes |
 | It's the man who dares to take, who is independent, not he who gives. — D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer 1 likes |
 | 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 1 likes |
 | We would be happier with what we have if we weren’t so unhappy about what we don’t have. — Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist 1 likes |
| 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. — Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist 1 likes |
 | If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less. — Lily Tomlin, 1939-, American actress 1 likes |
 | The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves. — André Maurois, 1885-1967, French writer 1 likes |
 | Career: from fighting for a piece of bread to a fight for a piece of the pie. — Yevgeny Kaseyev, contemporary Russian author of maxims 1 likes |
 | Stinginess and studiousness have something in common: the more they save, the less they think they possess. — Leo Tolstoy, 1828–1910, Russian writer 1 likes |
 | 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. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
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 14 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 5 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | You can't have everything ... where would you put it. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 7 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 10 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 6 likes |
 | Profit by any means is greed. Άπληστον το δια παντός κέρδος. — Pittacus of Mytilene, 650-570 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 4 likes |
 | In all things there is saturation except wealth. Πλην πλούτου, παντός χρήματος εστι κόρος. — Theognis of Megara, 6th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet 3 likes |
