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— Sir Fulke Greville"Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator."
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It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.
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Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
— Tecumseh
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