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Idioms to describe greed

Idioms to describe greed are: the human heart is weak, the snake swallows the elephant, you push your luck, you get something for nothing, you are insatiable, you are as timid as a mouse, you are extravagant, and you will get a long look at Shu.

The famous sayings about greed are as follows:

1. Greedy for money and taking risks, greedy for power and exhausting it. -Zhuangzi.

2. Greedy people are always penniless. -Claude Lanners. The famous saying of human greed

3. Greed will blind discerning eyes, and it will kill fish and birds in the net. -A (Persian) Sadi.

4. The combination of selfishness and greed will breed many poisonous snakes that harm others. -Ai Qing.

5. Poverty needs a lot, while greed longs for everything. -the ancient Roman philosopher Syrus.

6. Eat the bowl and look at the pot. -Ming Dynasty novelist.

7. The flies who are greedy for honey will definitely drown in the honey slurry. -Guy.

8. It's easy to get hot, and it's light to be greedy and die. -Jiang Shen, a scholar in Qing Dynasty

9. Greed makes people do everything. -(Italy) Dante.

1. If you are greedy, you will always suffer. If you don't have a contented heart, you will suffer a lot. (Germany) Goethe.

11. Human nature is greed, but without greed, society will not progress.

12. No chair is comfortable for people who are not satisfied. -(America) Franklin.

13. Money is not the root of all evil, as is commonly said. Only greed for money, that is, excessive, selfish and greedy pursuit of money, is the root of all evil.

14. There is no lack of desire for aggression.

15. If you pursue too much and care about details, you will easily get confused. -(Germany) Goethe.

16. Being willing to talk rather than listen is a form of greed. -democritus, the ancient Greek philosopher.