Italian Proverb Quotes

Poor in abundance, famish'd at a feast.

Where there is too much, something is missing.

And plenty makes us poor.

In all abundance there is lack.

There's not enough of me left over.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

I think I'm just like a lot of people who had nothing.

In the developed world, hundreds of millions of us now face the bizarre problem of surfeit. Yet our brains, instincts, and socialized behavior are still geared to an environment of lack. The result? Overwhelm - on an unprecedented scale.

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.

It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing.

The more we have the less we own.

Poverty is born of super-abundance itself.

He who is greedy is always in want.

With much we surfeit; plenty makes us poor.

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.

Too much is the same as not enough.

The more we take, the less we become.

The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.

Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness.

That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you’d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you’d never need more. That if enough people loved you, you’d stop needing love.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

Too much is never enough.

Covetousness is the greatest misfortune. One who does not know what is enough will never have enough.