"Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible."

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"I too often allow people to become a sterile commodity to be bartered in the service of my greed, and in doing something so absurdly reckless I foolishly barter away everything that meets my need."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Those that much covet are with gain so fond,For what they have not, that which they possessThey scatter and unloose it from their bond,And so, by hoping more, they have but less;Or, gaining more, the profit of excessIs but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain,That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed."

Paul Samuelson, American Economist

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"Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you."

Richie Norton, American Author

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"As utterly irrational as it might seem, the greed within me has the most limited vision I can possibly imagine as it has eyes only for the few things it doesn't have, and it is completely blind to all the many remarkable things that it does."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Lust for possession and greed has ravaged the soul of humanity like a great cancer, metastasizing throughout society in the form of a nouveau post-human, consumer hedonism."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"Too often there is this sinister greed that pulls at my coattails, subtly whispering in the ear of my soul that it is within my rights to tuck away a few dark trinkets to toy with when the tedium of righteous living gets a bit boring. But God would suggest that I empty my pockets."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Wealth and riches are not evil, it is having love for wealth and riches that is evil."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"I too often allow people to become a sterile commodity to be bartered in the service of my greed, and in doing something so absurdly reckless I foolishly barter away everything that meets my need."

"An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed."

"Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave."

"If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you."

"As utterly irrational as it might seem, the greed within me has the most limited vision I can possibly imagine as it has eyes only for the few things it doesn't have, and it is completely blind to all the many remarkable things that it does."

"Lust for possession and greed has ravaged the soul of humanity like a great cancer, metastasizing throughout society in the form of a nouveau post-human, consumer hedonism."

"Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels."

"Too often there is this sinister greed that pulls at my coattails, subtly whispering in the ear of my soul that it is within my rights to tuck away a few dark trinkets to toy with when the tedium of righteous living gets a bit boring. But God would suggest that I empty my pockets."

"Wealth and riches are not evil, it is having love for wealth and riches that is evil."

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"There is a correlation between the number of days since a man last had sex, and, the number of women that he is convinced he is in love with, or, the number of things that he is willing to do for a woman."

"Some men would not still be HIV negative or alive, if they had managed to sleep with some of the women with whom they want or wanted to have sex."

"One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex."

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"The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

"Not everything happens for a reason, we claim that it does for a reason: to console ourselves."

"The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you."