A Quote by Horace
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The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition. Men that fear God are said to hate covetousness, Exod. xviii. 21. Besides the covetous man is called an idolater and is said to have no part in the kingdom of Christ and of God, Col. iii. 5. And again; 'The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth,' Psa. x. 3.
The covetous man is ever in want.
The covetous man is always poor.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
A covetous man's penny is a stone.
the truly covetous have never enough!
Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.
One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.
To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.
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