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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

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If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. ↗

— Frances Wright

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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

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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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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

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Desire of having is the sin of covetousness. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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