Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?
Kenobi, Obi-Wan (Ben)
Kenobi, Obi-Wan (Ben)
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Greed Quotations Click  I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he’ll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.Aeschylus To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it notAkhenaten The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.Blake, William There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greedBuddha It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman.Colton, Charles Caleb Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendour is not beauty.Disraeli, Benjamin From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandonedDurkheim, Emile It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate actionEdelman, Marian Wright Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquireEl-Sadat, Anwar The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.Ellis, Henry Havelock The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.Franklin, Benjamin Poor Richard's Almanac Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfactionFromm, Erich The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.Galbraith, John Kenneth « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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