Adrienne Rich Quotes, Greed Quotes, May Quotes

We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out-of-control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate greed, yet it has always been true that poetry can break isolation, show us to ourselves when we are outlawed or made invisible, remind us of beauty where no beauty seems possible, remind us of kinship where all is represented as separation.

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

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For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn't just bad taste, it's bad strategy, and I will not tolerate it as president.

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Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm.

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I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

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He who is greedy is always in want.

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Want is a growing giant whom the coat of have was never large enough to cover.

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I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.

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Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

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Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

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There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

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Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.

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The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

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So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice.

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The covetous man is ever in want.

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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.

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There is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone.

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There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

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