John Milton Quotes

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

Avarice is a deadly sin.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Avarice, the sphincter of the heart.

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.

… an avalanche of avarice

It would be necessary to eliminate the excessive regard and esteem for wealth, because the craving for riches erodes the desire for true glory, prevents the cultivation of the virtues and results in countless seizures of what belongs to others, as well as many other dishonorable actions.

.... the forces of greed

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

I believe I was extremely greedy.

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.

Greed is good.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant.

… a creed of greed