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Greed Quotes
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer."
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"Every greed is the root of un-gratefulness."
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"An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed."
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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."
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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."
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"There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed."
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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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"Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance."
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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."
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"If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you."
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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."
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"Ambition' is 'greed' rebranded."
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