Quote#Death
[A]s for covetousness, we may truly say of it, that it makes both the…
Quote byRobert South · 1634–1716
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions (1727), "On Covetousness". Vol. 2, p. 244..
English (original)
[A]s for covetousness, we may truly say of it, that it makes both the alpha and omega in the devil's alphabet, and that it is the first vice in corrupt nature which moves, and the last which dies.
— Robert South
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