Quotation Explorer - 'Covet'

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. - William Shakespeare
gratitudenoun \ˈgra-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\ 1. The word thrown in your face by people who covet what you want and believe that your lack of contentment is a sin. Often, these people believe success is what you have already and obtaining anything else is optional, but not required. - Shannon L. Alder
I covet solitude and storms…and rain, with its geography of dark silence and distance - John J. Geddes
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. - Mark Twain
If its danger you seek, come on over. I covet tranquility but beget the tempest storm. - Donna Lynn Hope
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain. - Mark Twain
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