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How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchHistorical literature1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchHistory (play)1 quote
He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach. — William Shakespeare · 1613Philosophical literature1 quote
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCSatire1 quote
Appetite comes with eating. — Francois Rabelais · 1534Travel writing1 quote
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897