Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Greed

Quotes about: Greed

• Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Happiness, Happy, Heart

• Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence to the prejudice of the future.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Greed, Missing

• Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Bravery, Greed

• A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Letting Go, Wise, Men

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