Quotes on Avarice

Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.

It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.

There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as the sin of avarice.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.