Leonardo da Vinci

There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.

Italian Artist

Robert Mugabe

Our small and peaceful country is threatened daily by covetous and bigoted big powers whose hunger for domination and control of other nations and their resources knows no bounds.

Zimbabwean Statesman

Orison Swett Marden

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.

American Writer

Michel de Montaigne

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

French Philosopher

Du Mu

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

Chinese Poet

Lucy Larcom

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

American Poet

John Milton

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

English Poet

Thomas Browne

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

British Scientist

William Shakespeare

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

English Playwright

Christopher Marlowe

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

English Dramatist

'Covetous' implies a negative and selfish desire, suggesting it's not admirable or virtuous.

Negative Connotation

Using 'covetous' indicates a hidden or secretive longing for what others have, not just open envy.

Subtle Greed

The word 'covetous' expresses a powerful desire, more intense than a casual wish or want.

Intensity of Desire

 of falsehood, covetousness, worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors.