Robert Herrick Quotes

I always wanted more - more of everything.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son.

The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Money does not sate Avarice, but stimulates it.

The avarice of mankind is insatiable.

Once you want something, everything changes. Now I want everything. More and more and more.

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

We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money.

We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed.

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

I always want more.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

Greed is all right ... Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

… an avalanche of avarice

The more you have, the more you want L'appetit vient en mangeant

I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of human nature.

We always want more. Whether it is better clothes, a bigger house, faster cars, or the latest gadgets, satisfaction in these days of consumerism is difficult to find.