Quotes About Covetousness

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He who is greedy is always in want.

The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.

Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it.

When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

Annabelle gazed wistfully toward the doorway. "If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking.

But the eye is very greedy and will steal a look at something its owner has no wish to see.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

I envy because of the heart I glutton because of the heart I covet because of the heart I am prideful because of the heart I sloth because of the heart I rage because of the heart Because of the heart, I lust for everything about you. - Ulquiorra (resurrection)

Other people's eggs have two yolks.

Envy is a kind of praise.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. Whatever I can pry loose is not nailed down.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

You know what happens to people who longingly imagine having things they can't afford?" "Happy dreams?" "A life of crime.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Money

Covetousness, anger and foolishness are things to sort out well. When bad things happen in the world, if you look at them comparatively, they are not unrelated to these three things.

The truth is the most desirable woman in the world and we are the most jealous lovers, reflexively denying anyone else the slightest glimpse of her.

Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious.

Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.

A selfish man is a thief.

Then, again gradually, Gods were given larger roles. The need for protection, for strength, began to supplant the need for wisdom and love. A new kind of love was born in these mythologies. A love which protects with brute force. But it was a love which also covets what it protects; which was jealous of its Goddesses; which now did not simply serve their feminine lusts, but fought and died for them.

Men's souls are naturally inclined to covetousness; but if ye be kind towards women and fear to wrong them, God is well acquainted with what ye do.