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18. Avoidance of Covetousness





  1. In the very attempt to wrongly gain another's wealth,
    a man forfeits his family's future and his own faultlessness.

  2. Those who deem injustice shameful never commit
    guilt-yielding deeds driven by money-yielding desires.

  3. Those who seek immortal bliss will not succumb
    to immoral deeds that follow desire for fleeting delights.

  4. With senses conquered and sight unclouded by depravity,
    one will not wish for other's wealth, even in destitution.

  5. What avails a man's subtle and comprehensive learning,
    if, crazed by covetousness, he treats others insensibly?

  6. Desiring grace and doing his duty, a man who desires wealth
    but acquires it wrongly is destroyed nevertheless.

  7. Do not seek the fortune that greed gathers,
    for its fruit is bitter on the day of enjoyment.

  8. To protect one's own prosperity from decline
    one must not crave the property held by others.

  9. Just as wise men know the goodness of noncoveting,
    so Fortune Herself knows their goodness and draws near.

  10. There is a thoughtless desire for other's things that is destructive.
    There is a mindful pride that, in refusing to covet, is triumphant.

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