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“The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.”

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Horace, a renowned Roman poet, is celebrated for his elegant Latin style and profound philosophical thoughts. His works span a variety of genres, from satire to odes, and have had a profound impact on literature throughout history. more

“It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours? Do you not covet all? Do you not long to have it; to enjoy it; to overcome it? To what end do men gather riches, but to multiply more? Do they not like Pyrrhus the King of Epire, add house to house and lands to lands, that they may get it all?”

Men World Giving May Long Soul Ends House Enjoy Land Wall Kings Overcoming Asking Add Riches Inclination Nobility Insatiable Benefactors World Is Yours

Book:Centuries of Meditations

Source: Centuries of Meditations

“It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free.”

Thinking Want Needs Mystery Greed

Author:Eddie Vedder

“The corporation cannot be ethical, its only responsibility is to make a profit.”

Responsibility Greed Profit Corporations Ethical

Author:Jim Hightower

“Corporately contrived art product replaces inspired intellectual property with ineffectual poperty.”

Art Products Intellectual Property Inspired Greed Intellectual Property

Author:Vanna Bonta

“God knows greed won't vanish. Neither will hatred or chauvanism. Human nature is a stubborn thing. But it isn't beyond control. Even if our core impulses can;t be banished, they can be tempered and redirected.”

Ifs Knows Humans Human Nature Hatred Greed Core Impulse Stubborn God Knows Beyond Control

Book:Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

Source: Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

“Technology, including Zaadz, will allow us to evade the jerks far more than we could before. The technology-based social responsibility movement, broadly construed, will allow us to return to some extent to the moral monitoring of small villages.”

Social Responsibility Moral Technology Movement Return Greed Including Village Social Responsibility Jerk Monitoring Small Villages

Author:Michael Strong

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