Top 9 Covetousness Quotes

I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.

Confession, Heard, Covetousness

He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.

Fear Of Death, Lost, Covetousness

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire, Sin, Covetousness

William Shakespeare (1752). “The Works of Shakespeare”, p.166

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

Character, Curse, Covetousness

Lucy Larcom (1892). “The Unseen Friend”

Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.

Grain, Spills, Covetousness

Walter Scott (1824). “The Works of Walter Scott, Esq”, p.69

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Modesty, Rich, Covetousness

Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety.

Anxiety, Solicitude, Covetousness

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.373

...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

Gratitude, Covetousness

Joseph Hall (1837). “The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology”, p.34

advertising confuses values ... By appealing either to fear, or to vanity, or to covetousness, it very skillfully insinuates false values.

Vanity, Advertising, Covetousness

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