Greed
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third president of the United States.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author.
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
Anatole France (1844-1924) French writer.
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
Erich Fromm (1900-1980) Psychoanalyst and social philosopher.
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) British clergyman and author.
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
Horace (BC 65-8) Latin lyric poet.
Avarice, the spur of industry.
David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.
Lord Byron (1788-1824) British poet.
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian political philosopher and statesman.