Covetousness - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://www.maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10459<![CDATA[We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. [Lat., Quicquid servatur, ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10460<![CDATA[True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. [Lat., Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10461<![CDATA[Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.] ]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10462<![CDATA[When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness, And oftentimes excusing of ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10463<![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns ...]]>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10464