Not greedy of filthy1 lucre2.
Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 3,
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
French Proverb
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Breakfast of Champions
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC)
There is no calamity3 greater than lavish4 desires.
There is no greater guilt5 than discontentment.
And there is no greater disaster than greed.
Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
