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Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
William Shakespeare
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
John Milton
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
Daniel Defoe
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
John Milton
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
Chanakya
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
Daniel Defoe 
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Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
John Milton
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