Misers are filled with avarice. From LearnThat.org.
A rare virus called avarice affects us and the same is capable of inhibiting everything innately human. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Asiatic cholera had its origin in English avarice and cruelty, as they suppose who trace it to the tax which Warren Hastings, when. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
Hypocrisy I shall never justify or palliate; but I will dare to observe, that the odious vice of avarice is of all others most hastily arraigned, and most unmercifully condemned. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The first objects of their avarice were a few cities of the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
It assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is the mark of cold-hearted worldliness. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
For this is avarice, which is a root of evils (on this see Lu 12: 15 and the parable on it, verses 16-21). From Wordnik.com. [Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence] Reference
We must change that, for petty theft and other crimes pale beside avarice, which is the root cause of all evils. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Need to Have a Referendum For A Corporate Fair Practices Act!] Reference
Oxford, -- in him who thwarted my ambition at Rome, my revenge at Paris, my passionate love at Naples, or what he falsely termed my avarice in. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
He called her out into the midst of the people, and asked her why she, a noble woman and free-born, had made herself a slave to avarice, which is idolatry. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermits] Reference
They are not called to dignities till very late, at a time of life when men are sensible of no other passion but avarice, that is, when their ambition craves a supply. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on England] Reference
How is it possible that this kind of avarice doesn't result in wide-spread condemnation?. From Wordnik.com. [Blogger Went a-Rantin'] Reference
For the word avarice is that of fenfe. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets] Reference
The law become the tool of every kind of avarice, instead of being its check!. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Political Economy] Reference
He said that "avarice" had developed over the past few decades and now needed to be tackled. From Wordnik.com. [A New Dark Age Is Dawning] Reference
Spinoza called avarice ‘nothing but a species of madness, although not enumerated among diseases. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]
To his effeminate qualities he united some of those rougher evils which majr be called nianly passions, such as avarice aod cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Cornelius Tacitus] Reference
We are easily offended by corporate greed and avarice. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Liao: The Secret of Happiness Might Just Be Generosity] Reference
When Brigitte spoke thus I experienced a feeling that resembled avarice. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The evil of avarice: works of mercy are recommended, and the love of wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
One political problem that may cut into hospital-lobby clout: avarice at the top. From Wordnik.com. [FACING THE POWERS THAT BE] Reference
Unfortunately for the state of my guttering, I'm more of a sloth and avarice man. From Wordnik.com. [£140m for a flat? Perhaps the buyer would like to see my Kilburn des res] Reference
Most ranchers keep on cutting forest not out of avarice but because they have no alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Under Construction] Reference
They'd drunk it down with the vampiric avarice of mortals bestowed with the nectar of the gods. From Wordnik.com. [Moonlit Mariposa] Reference
Rigney is a pleasant face of a sport that too often turns to the public only the flinty face of avarice. From Wordnik.com. [Reunion In The Desert] Reference
Gone, too, are the days of "turbo-capitalism" imposing its mores of "avarice and greed" on the global economy. From Wordnik.com. [People Who Live In Glass Häuser] Reference
But he knew him, and knew that his avarice, about which every one joked, had a certain reason for its existence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A free-market economy is partially driven by pure, basic avarice -- the simple need for more, regardless of what you have. From Wordnik.com. [Letters And Correction: The Father, The Son And T] Reference
Poverty may tempt a man to dishonesty; and riches may lead him to avarice, hardness of heart, worldliness and extravagance. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
His record on the Clinton Impeachment shows that his respect for the law is far outweighed by his avarice for the spotlight. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Yaki: McCollum's "Arizona" Strategy: Write a worse anti-immigrant bill for Florida] Reference
For almost 18 years -- an entire generation -- stocks produced returns way beyond the dreams of previous generations 'avarice. From Wordnik.com. [The New Rules Of Retirement] Reference
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