Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Greed is normally balanced by fear.
Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control.
There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.
For greed all nature is too little.
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
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