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10 quotesBe charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
Charity
Sir Thomas Browne
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All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery-ticket up to a passport to Paradise.
Belief
Lord Byron
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Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
Competition
Arthur Hugh Clough
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Be thrifty, but not covetous.
Economy and Economics
George Herbert
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
Money
Ben Johnson
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
Peace
Thomas Kempis
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Desire
Ovid
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Old age though despised, is coveted by all.
Age and Aging
Proverb
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Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
Youth
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
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When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.
Excellence
William Shakespeare
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun