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Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. - Matthew Green

Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. – Matthew Green

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Big mouthfuls often choke. – Italian Proverb

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The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit. – Horace

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Avarice, the spur of industry. – David Hume

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Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition. He that sinks under the fatigue of getting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving it. – Samuel Johnson

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