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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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Avarice is the vice of declining years. – George Bancroft

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From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

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It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. – Michel de Montaigne

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Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. – Ivan F. Boesky

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