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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
quote by George Herbert
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A covetous man serves his riches, not they him.
A covetous man does nothing that he should till he dies.
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
quote by Thomas Browne
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The swindler readily cheats the covetous man.
Spendthrifts are always of necessity greedy and covetous.
Every ambitious man is a captive and every covetous one a pauper.
Covetous people will never be satisfied while they are alive.
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.
quote by Thomas Browne
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
quote by John Milton
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Expect not a very covetous person to be very honest for a long time. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in nae ither.
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.
quote by Francis Bacon
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A poor man wants some things, a covetous man all things.