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Covetousness: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant Can tickle where she wounds!— Shakespeare — Cymbeline. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 84.

I am the very pink of courtesy.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 61.

The mirror of all courtesy.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 53.

The Retort Courteous.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 76.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act II. Sc. 7. L. 94.

That's too civil by half.— SHERIDAN — The Rivals. Act III. Sc. 4.

High erected thoughts seated in a heart of courtesy.— SIR PHILIP SIDNEY — The Arcadia. Bk. I. Par. II.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.— MARLOWE — The Jew of Malta. Act I. Sc. 2.

I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honor I am the most offending soul alive.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act IV. Sec. 3. L. 24.

When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness.— Shakespeare — King John. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 28.

Bonus animus in malâ re, dimidium est mali. Courage in danger is half the battle.— PLAUTUS — Pseudolus. I. 5. 37.

Pluma haud interest, patronus an cliens probior sit Homini, cui nulla in pectore est audacia. It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage.— PLAUTUS — Mostellaria. II. 1. 64.

Non solum taurus ferit uncis cornibus hostem, Verum etiam instanti læsa repugnat ovis. Not only does the bull attack its foe with its crooked horns, but the injured sheep will fight its assailant.— PROPERTIUS — Elegiæ. II. 5. 19.

Fortuna opes auferre, non animum potest. Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.— SENECA — Medea. CLXXVI.

Virtus in astra tendit, in mortem timor. Courage leads to heaven; fear, to death.— SENECA — Hercules Etxus. LXXI.

Ave, Cæsar, morituri te salutant. Hail, Cæsar, those who are about to die salute thee.— SUETONIUS — Claudius. XXI.

Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus. Small in number, but their valor tried in war, and glowing.— VIRGIL — Eneid. V. 754.

Macte novâ virtute, puer; sic itur ad astra. Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality. S.— VIRGIL — Eneid. IX. 641.

Semper avarus eget. The covetous man is ever in want.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 2. 56.

Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis: ipsaque furem Cura vocat. Pauci, quod sinit alter, amant. We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.— OVID — Amorum. III. 4. 25.

Amittit merito proprium qui alienum appetit. He deservedly loses his own property, who covets that of another.— PHEDRUS — Fabulæ. I. 4. 1.

Verum est aviditas dives, et pauper pudor. True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.— PHEDRUS — Fabulæ. II. 1. 12.

Alieni appetens sui profusus. Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own.— SALLUST — Catilina. V.