1.
I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.
Francis Xavier
2.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Cato the Elder
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The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.
Lucy Larcom
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Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.
Walter Scott
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True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
John Milton
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...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.
Joseph Hall
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advertising confuses values ... By appealing either to fear, or to vanity, or to covetousness, it very skillfully insinuates false values.
Ann Bridge