Sayings about Greed
Greed will cause pain. ~ Taiwanese Proverbs
Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair. ~ French Proverbs
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? ~ Bible
For a greedy man even his tomb is too small. ~ Tajikistani Proverb
Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
Big mouthfuls often choke. ~ Italian Proverbs
Never drop the bone to catch the shadow.~ Belizean Proverb
A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same. ~ Swiss Proverbs
A greedy man is always poor.~ Iranian Proverbs
If you buy things you don’t need, you are stealing from yourself.~ Czechoslovakian Proverb
The poor lack much, but the greedy more. ~ Swiss Proverb
Greed lessens what is gathered. ~ Arabian Proverbs
If you ask for too much at once, you will come home with an empty bag. ~ Croatian Proverbs
Even thinking about sexual pleasure has its roots in greed. ~ Japanese Proverbs
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. ~ Bible
When all other sins are old, greed still stays young. ~ French Proverb
Many have too much, but none enough. ~ Danish Proverbs
A greedy father has thieves for children.~ Serbian Proverbs
Quotations about Greed
Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit. ~ Horace
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, and possession. ~ Andre Breton
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. ~ Johann Caspar Lavater
We’ve been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It’s a way of life. It’s about greed. ~ Sandy Duncan
If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
If a man had only his personal interest to guide his conduct, even if this guide were never to deceive him, the source of all generous actions would dry up in his heart. ~ Anne Germain De Stael
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. ~ Stephen Hawking
To do all the talking and not be willing to listen is a form of greed. ~ Democritus
There is enough in the world for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. ~ Frank Buchman
Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. ~ Julian Casablancas
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
A person is born with a liking for profit. If he gives way to this, it will lead him to quarrels and conflicts, and any sense of courtesy and humility will be abandoned. ~ Confucius
He who wishes to grow rich in a day will be hanged in a year. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. ~ Lord Byron
He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ~ Henry David Thoreau
He who is greedy is always in want. ~ Horace
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. ~ Anatole France
Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. ~ Matthew Green
Kill no more pigeons than you can eat. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. ~ Voltaire
Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired. ~ Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. ~ Erich Fromm
Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry. ~ Zoroaster
For greed all nature is too little. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Greed’s worst point is its ingratitude. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Greediness of getting more deprives… the enjoyment of what it had got. ~ Thomas Sprat
The big problem is not the haves and the have-nots — it’s the give-nots. ~ Arnold H. Glasow
The greedy man is not content with a whole world set before him. ~ Sadi
Avarice is only prudence and economy pushed to excess. ~ Paul Chatfield
Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. ~ Ivan F. Boesky
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. ~ Eartha Kitt
All good things of this world are no further good to us than as they are of use; and whatever we may heap up to give to others, we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more. ~ Daniel Defoe
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
Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. ~ Little Richard
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. ~ Thomas Fuller
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. ~ Friedrich Engels
Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. ~ Thomas Harris
The avarice of mankind is insatiable. ~ Aristotle
Avarice, the spur of industry. ~ David Hume
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things. ~ Abraham Cowley
You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker. ~ Malcolm X
He is not poor that hath not much, but He who craves much. ~ Thomas Fuller
Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things from others; thus you gain more enemies than friends. ~ Baltasar Gracian
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. ~ Minna Antrim
Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. ~ Cyril Connolly
The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system. ~ Milton Friedman
To me avarice seems not so much a vice as a deplorable piece of madness. ~ Sir Thomas Browne
If you ask for too much, you lose even that which you have. ~ Isaac Asimov
Avarice is the vice of declining years. ~ George Bancroft
We risk all in being too greedy. ~ Jean De La Fontaine
Riches either serve or govern the possessor. ~ Horace
The point is that you can’t be too greedy. ~ Donald Trump
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. ~ William Penn
Greed is all right . . . Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. ~ Ivan F. Boesky
Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins. ~ Book preview
