Insatiable intrusion. Excessive demands. ——Zuo Qiu Ming, a blind historian in the Spring and Autumn Period

The greedy are always impoverished. ——Claude Lanners

Greed is the cause of many evils. ——Aesop, the ancient Greek fabler of the 6th century BC

He who tends to heat is habitual, and he will die easily if he is greedy. ——Qing Dynasty scholar Jiang Shen, "Fly"

Being greedy for money leads to danger, greedy for power is exhausting. ——Zhuangzi, the Warring States philosopher Zhuang Zhou’s famous sayings about greed

The village has a gluttonous heart and cannot satisfy its desires.

——Liu Xiang, a classical scholar and litterateur of the Western Han Dynasty, "Warring States Policy·Yan Ce III"