Quotation Explorer - 'Rapacity'

PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference. - Ambrose Bierce
RAPACITY, n. Providence without industry. The thrift of power. - Ambrose Bierce
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