The covetous man is ever in want.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Greed Quotes

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like...

If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...