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Quote by William Penn
To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. - Will

To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. – William Penn

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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. – William Penn

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Property
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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his fathers wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his fathers care. – William Penn

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Wisdom
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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn

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Solitude
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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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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. – Erich Fromm

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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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