"There is no vice which humankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice."

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Jonathan Swift

#Greed Quotes #Vices Quotes #Extremes Quotes

“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.”
“Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!”

Source : Jeremiah Burroughs (2001). “Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.58, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
“They brought on someone who cost more than our stadium.”
“What makes autocorrect really interesting for a lexicographer is we read in a very weird way. A lot of times we'll catch things that are so clearly autocorrect typos, and you learn to tell the difference between an honest-to-goodness, ham-fisted typo and an autocorrect typo because the latter will not necessarily be a difference of one letter apart on the keyboard, which is usually what typos are, or it won't be the wrong its or the wrong there.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Those people who have got wisdom are very lucky people, but wisdom comes from no source but your own understanding of life. When a person starts thinking, "Why am I doing such and such thing ? What is the effect of my doing ? What is the result of my behaviour ? Is it good for me or bad for me ? " , then wisdom comes.”
“New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'”
“Hopefully God will allow me to turn my biggest mistake into my greatest success.”
“I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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