Quote★★★★
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children; and like Priam, survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead; and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven, than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
Also attributed to: Colton
The point
Greed generates more vices than any other vice and harms its practitioner while benefiting enemies.
Scripture
1 Timothy 6:10Luke 12:15
Audience
Adults
Tone
Cautionary · Condemning
To tell aloud
under a minute · 42 words