Quote by George Bancroft
Avarice is the vice of declining years. - George Bancroft

Avarice is the vice of declining years. – George Bancroft

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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul. – George Bancroft

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Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. – George Bancroft

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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France

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God forgives the sin of gluttony. – Proverb

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You show me a capitalist, and Ill show you a bloodsucker. – Malcolm X

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Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. – Charles Caleb Colton

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