Famous quotes containing the words master, passion and/or greed:
“Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society.”
—Frances Wright (1795–1852)
“Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Love is blind, and greed insatiable.”
—Chinese proverb.