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Quotes having the keyword Covetousness

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.

by Chanakya (Politician , Indian) keywords: austerity, balanced, contentment, covetousness, disease, equal, happiness, mercy, mind , virtue

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

by Daniel Defoe (Journalist, English , born in 1660) keywords: covetousness, evil, poverty, root, snares , worst

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

by John Milton (Poet, English , born in 1608) keywords: cannot, covetous, covetousness, him, his, jewel, left, man, take, though, treasure , yet

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

by John Milton (Poet, English , born in 1608) keywords: covetousness, modesty, rich, starves , true

Michel de Montaigne

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.

by Michel de Montaigne (Philosopher, French , born in 1970) topics: Life, Death , Devil keywords: alphabet, beginning, corrupt, covetousness , devil

William Shakespeare

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) keywords: covetousness, desire, having , sin