Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Greed Quotes, Tariffs Quotes

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

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The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took millions from the state treasurer and left cemeteries full of people who had died of hunger, cemeteries visible from the windows of the royal palace

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People always should know better. People don't get - they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed.

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World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.

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

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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

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

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Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.

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Greed is costly. Assembled fortunes are lost.

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

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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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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition.

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"As I think I told you once before," said I, "it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against all the world. It may be profitable to you to reflect, in future, that there never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death."

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The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty.

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The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

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The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.

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Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.

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Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.

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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.

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