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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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Be thrifty, but not covetous. ↗

— George Herbert

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True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. ↗

— John Milton

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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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