Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good read more

Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.

A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.

The point is that you can't be too greedy.

The point is that you can't be too greedy.

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes read more

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.