He who is greedy is always in want.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Greed Quotes

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this...

You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still am I...

You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still am I...

No one is exempt from grief.

No one is exempt from grief.