It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Seneca – Greed, Poverty
It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
Michel de Montaigne – Avarice, Greed
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it.
Samuel Johnson – Avarice, Greed
We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
