| 1. | Of avarice and of such cursednes. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 2. | A stanchless avarice that, were I King. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | But to resume whate'er thy avarice crave. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 4. | Such cleansing from the taint of avarice Do spirits converted need. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |
| 5. | I know he couldn't love a Linton and yet he'd be quite capable of marrying your fortune and expectations avarice is growing with him a besetting sin. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 6. | Volpone's method of increasing his wealth is to play upon the avarice of men. - from English Literature by William J. Long |
| 7. | In these I have been hindered neither by avarice nor negligence, but simply by want of time. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 8. | Your avarice O'ercasts the world with mourning, under foot Treading the good, and raising bad men up. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |
| 9. | O avarice What canst thou more, who hast subdued our blood So wholly to thyself, they feel no care Of their own fles. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |