Marquis de Sade

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

French Novelist

John Oates

Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches.

American Musician

Dante Alighieri

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

Italian Poet

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.

Roman Statesman

Andreas Capellanus

Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.

French Writer

Thornton Wilder

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

American Novelist

Edward Moore

English Dramatist

George Bancroft

American Historian

David Hume

Scottish Philosopher

Saint Patrick

Scottish Saint

Avarice has a strongly negative tone, suggesting disapproval of excessive greed.

Negative Connotation

Use 'avarice' when referring to an unhealthy obsession with accumulating wealth.

Wealth Obsession

Avarice is often used in historical or literary contexts to highlight greed as a vice.

Historical Context

 because while people like us plutocrats are living beyond the dreams of avarice, the other 99 percent of our fellow citizens are falling farther and farther behind.