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Avarice is the vice of declining years.
Greed
George Bancroft

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

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Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Greed
Charles Caleb Colton

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We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
America
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair.
Gambling
French Proverb

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Avarice is the sphincter of the heart.
Greed
Matthew Green

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

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Avarice, the spur of industry.
Greed
David Hume

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It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Greed
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom.
Greed
William Penn

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It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
Gambling
George Washington

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun