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Avarice is the vice of declining years. - George Bancroft

Avarice is the vice of declining years. – George Bancroft

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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. – George Bancroft

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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. – George Bancroft

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

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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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Avarice is the sphincter of the heart. – Matthew Green

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If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. – Thomas Fuller

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