needed for a kid's homework as athe moral of the story...
2006-07-09 03:53:48 · 9 answers · asked by wannaknow 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
it wud b better to hav the word GREED in it...
2006-07-09 03:59:33 · update #1
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.
There is no greater guilt than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
French Proverb
It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach.
Charles Horton Cooley
Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.
Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.
Janwillem van de Wetering
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Oscar Wilde
A greedy father has thieves for children
Serbian Proverb
He who is greedy is always in want.
Horace
To greed, all nature is insufficient.
Seneca
Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.
Joni Mitchell
If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like the oompa.... loompa.... doompity do.
The Oompa Loompas
2006-07-09 04:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by hawk22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs On Greediness
2016-12-17 05:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by wicklund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This proverb presents the same sentiment as the biblical verses in Matthew 7:3-5. 3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. What it means is that all people have their own faults and problems to deal with. You should not be sticking your nose into other people's business because it is likely that you yourself have plenty of your own to take care of. A related sentiment states that advice should only be given if it is asked for. Another is "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?".
2016-03-15 21:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A proverb from the book of Ecclesiastes 5:10 says: "Whoever loves money never has money enough."
Wealth dishonestly obtained shall waste away (Proverbs 13:11;)
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth bribes shall live (Proverbs 15:27)
From a man's greed comes his shame; rather be a poor man than a liar (Proverbs 19:22).
A man making money by fraud chases a bubble to his own doom (Proverbs 21:6)
He who increases his wealth by interest and over charge gathers it for him who is kind to the poor (Proverbs 28:8;)
men in a hurry to get rich incur guilt (Proverbs 28:20)
He chases after wealth, the man of greedy eye, not knowing that want is overtaking him (Proverbs 28:22).
Greed causes fighting; trusting the LORD leads to prosperity (Provrbs 28:25)
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10).
"Those who are greedy for too much sometimes lose all."
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
Nothing is enough for the man for whom enough is too little.
(Epicurus)
To greed, all nature is insufficient. (Seneca)
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. (Seneca)
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed. (Mahtma Gandhi)
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. (Budda)
Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust. (Abraham Lincoln)
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. (Thomas Adams)
The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life. (Rabindranath Tagore)
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. (Erich Fromm)
Cleanse thy heart from greed, and thy foot shall remain free
from fetters. (Arabian Proverb)
Love is blind, and greed insatiable. (Chinese Proverb)
Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich. (Mongolian Proverb)
2006-07-09 09:32:02 · answer #4 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house
2006-07-09 04:07:00 · answer #5 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Want in one hand and sh*t in the other, see which one comes first."
2006-07-09 04:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by jasemhi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
2006-07-09 03:59:37 · answer #7 · answered by Manda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
''Greed is curse''
2006-07-09 04:06:44 · answer #8 · answered by Muhammad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no pain, no gain? :)
2006-07-09 03:56:40 · answer #9 · answered by [Tsuniper-X] 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋