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Avarice, the spur of industry. - David Hume

Avarice, the spur of industry. – David Hume

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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. – David Hume

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David Hume
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Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. – David Hume

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So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. – Minna Antrim

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I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo; your time has come and gone. Its time for change in America. – William Jefferson Clinton

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Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. – Matthew Green

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