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  Avarice Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.
If, of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested, it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it is because men hate those from whom they can expect nothing.
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.
www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/avarice_t002.htm   (625 words)

  
 FictionPress.Com Story : avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
When Avarice had left the woman, he had intended that to be the end of his day.
Avarice was simply smart enough to see himself as one of those things being stacked.
Avarice began his trip to find her in March, driving out like a deer hunting wolves.
www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=882895   (2406 words)

  
 The struggle against the capital sins: avarice
C) Avarice is not generally a vice of youth, which as yet thoughtless and improvident, does not dream of hoarding money.
Bachelors and spinsters are particularly exposed to avarice, because they have no offspring to care for them m their old age.
A) Avarice is a sign of mistrust in God, Who has promised to watch over us with the care of a father, and not to allow us to lack the things we need, provided we trust in Him.
www.tldm.org /news6/avarice.htm   (1603 words)

  
 AVARICE
Avarice is the insatiable demand for riches, or, more broadly, the inordinate desire for something.
That is, avarice is unseemly not because it causes us to seek money or something else for our use, it's because the goal is having the money or other desired object.
Avarice is inconsistent with virtue, because it causes us to subordinate virtue to the need for possessions.
www.internetgrandfather.com /archives/avarice.htm   (585 words)

  
 6 - Avarice is ever needy and ever greedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice does not seek wealth as a means to happiness, but as an end in itself.
With avarice as the most raping, unruly passion in his breast, man grabs and grasps, loots and usurps his neighbor's property.
May the poison of avarice never be inoculated in my veins and may I ever live in contentment, Ahura Mazda.
www.zarathushtra.com /z/article/dhalla/ch2b/iib06.htm   (336 words)

  
 AVaRICE
AVaRICE is a program which interfaces the GNU Debugger GDB with the AVR JTAG ICE available from Atmel.
AVaRICE is being used sucessfully to debug many serious, large commercial applications: 400 c/c++ files, 20000 non-commentary source lines (NCSL) of code.
AVaRICE is written and owned by Scott Finneran and is freely distributable under the terms and conditions of the GNU GPL.
avarice.sourceforge.net   (541 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This allows avarice to be used as a simple device programmer.
When this option is specified, avarice erases the program memory of the target and exits.
When this option is specified, avarice erases the program memory, downloads the specified binary to the target and exits.
avarice.sourceforge.net /release_notes.txt   (527 words)

  
 Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice, or love of money, is the worship of idols, a daughter of unbelief, an excuse for infirmities, a foreboder of old age, a harbinger of drought, a herald of famines.
He who is not indifferent to fame and pleasure, as well as to love of riches that exists because of them and increases them, cannot cut off occasions for anger.
Avarice and self-esteem are causes of cruelty and hypocrisy.
www.orthodox.net /gleanings/avarice.html   (2162 words)

  
 OS/2 e-Zine! - Review: Avarice Preview
Avarice is actually rather unique in a way.
But since Avarice isn't finished it may be unfair to compare the two.
Avarice really has great graphics (provided that you play with the best image quality) and a good story, but so does Myst.
www.os2ezine.com /v1n4/avarice.html   (1120 words)

  
 OS/2 e-Zine! - Avarice: The Final Saga
In Avarice, you've received a letter from a rich uncle inviting you to come to his island for the, "opportunity of a lifetime." Intrigued you travel there, only to find...
Avarice lets you choose four levels of image quality, depending on the speed and power of your computer, and the quality of your graphics card.
Talking to a non-player character (NPC) in Avarice is a lot like talking to an NPC in one of the "Ultima" games from origin: when you decide to talk to an NPC, you are given a list of things you can say.
www.os2ezine.com /v1n12/avarice.htm   (1652 words)

  
 The seven deadly sins - Avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice, the she-wolf who "molte genti fe’ giĆ  viver grame" (made many people live wretchedly) tightly clasps the bag of her treasure to her breast making a pillow of it.
It is blinded - as Cyprian wrote - by a thick deep fog of avarice which deprives her of any splendour of truth.
Her long slim body is exaggeratedly thin; her long, thin legs, sinewy like her foot, with only its tip resting on the ground.
www.arsmedia.net /donizetti-vizicapitali/avarice.htm   (204 words)

  
 avarice
Paul writing to Timothy was strongly opposed to certain teachers pursuing profession based on monetary gain, he called it filthy lucre to Titus.
Avarice only appeals to the selfish and will always tempt its owners to abuse it.
Rich man, weep and howl because the judgment of your avarice is soon coming to you and you will fall.
www.latter-rain.com /theology/avarice.htm   (532 words)

  
 CDfuse.com - Avarice - metal - New Braunfels, TX
CDfuse.com - Avarice - metal - New Braunfels, TX Avarice-New Braunfels, TX-US- Avarice was started in May of 2004 in New Braunfels, TX.
Avarice was now complete and they are now diligently committed to bringing their art to the masses.
Avarice - Avarice was started in May of 2004 in New Braunfels, TX.
www.cdfuse.com /avarice   (350 words)

  
 Aerlinn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice and I met when doing another photo project, but quickly decided that we needed a bit of one another in our respective lives.
By our third meeting, she had taken to squinching up her nose and calling me Pumpkin or Muffin, and I had informed her that she was officially my Favorite New Friend.
It's true that Avarice has a pretty tough name, and she can even look pretty tough from time to time.
www.thatbirdsnest.com /girls/avarice   (297 words)

  
 purevolume™ | AVARICE (a)
Exposed to an array of influences, AVARICE captures their own interpretation to what modern rock should be.
With emotionally driven lyrics accompanied by delayed guitars and a solid rythem section, not to mention their intense live show, AVARICE is sure to grab your attention.
For almost two years now these guys have been trudging through the trenches of the modern day, independant music scene and are prepared to take on the world one hurdle at a time!
www.purevolume.com /avaricea   (137 words)

  
 Stardock: Avarice: The Final Saga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice is arguably the most advanced adventure game ever developed for the PC on any platform.
While similar to Myst and Riven in basic user interface, Avarice uses the built in power of OS/2 to create a truly dynamic world.
More than just an adventure/mystery game, Avarice's goal is to make the player feel immersed in its game world.
www.stardock.com /products/avarice   (245 words)

  
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Prints - Mercy Against Avarice, Capital of the Fight of the Vices Against t...
Mercy Against Avarice, Capital of the Fight of the Vices Against the Virtues prints available at Art.com.
Avarice in the Kitchen, from a Series of Prints Depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, circa 1850 prints available at Art.com.
www.shopping.com /xGS-Avarice   (409 words)

  
 Avarice
Avarice is greed, the inordinate love of earthly things, especially money.
It is inordinate when we are not guided by reason or need, when we go to unusual lengths to get material goods, or when we are miserly in giving.
Avarice is one of the seven capital sins.
www.secondexodus.com /html/catholicdefinitions/avarice.htm   (103 words)

  
 Avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Avarice is a program that allows you to download just about anything.
Based on Bottler, Avarice is a multi-server IRC client that allows for simplified XDCC access.
Avarice v1.3 is now available for download via Live Update.
avarice.cc   (67 words)

  
 Empire Triumphant over Avarice
This statuette was made for the Hapsburg emperor Rudolph II in Prague, after de Vries had been appointed a court artist.
An allegorical figure of Empire holds the wreath of victory over a vanquished figure of Avarice, a money bag at her feet.
In the early 1600s Rudolph was in a weakened political position and hard pressed to pay for his wars against the Turks.
www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg21/gg21-1290.0.html   (185 words)

  
 Self-Love and the sin of Avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
If the author of these verses had been any other saint, we might excuse ourselves by saying that he was writing about and for a given period of time, and that his sentiments no longer applied in the same way to us and our age.
But we are dealing here with revelation; the letters of Paul to his zealous co-worker Timothy are enthroned in the canon of divine revelation, and this teaching on avarice, no less than any other, deserves our reverent acceptance.
By singling out avarice, St. Paul is naming the genus, cupidity or inordinate desire, by its most noticeable and prominent species — that is, he is referring to all temporal goods by their most visible and coveted representative, Mammon.
www.catholic.net /rcc/Periodicals/Faith/1998-03-04/self.html   (4552 words)

  
 Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/avarice
In the words of Augustine, a propertyless society was possible only in Paradise, because it demanded perfection-the kind of perfection that since the Fall was beyond the reach of most of humanity.
Furthermore, possessions were ethically neutral and became evil only if they gave rise to avarice.
To me avarice seems not so much a vice, as a deplorable piece of madness.
dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/1999/07/10.html   (137 words)

  
 "The Eight Principal Vices: Avarice and Anger" -- Abba Serapion
In this issue, we will continue our study of St. John Cassian's "Conferences" in which we are looking at the teachings of Abba Serapion on "The Eight Principal Vices." In the original text, these teachings are quite long (and incredibly rich in wisdom!), but we will only look at some excerpts here.
Today, we will look at avarice and anger, and then at vainglory.
By the way, today's text in the original has some Greek words spelled out using the Greek alphabet, which we are unable to transliterate.
www.innerlightproductions.com /thoughts/may2701.htm   (632 words)

  
 12/27/05 Pot Of Avarice - XeroCreative
If any of the 5 monsters targeted by "Pot of Avarice" are removed from the Graveyard before its effect resolves, for example by "Disappear" or "Call of the Haunted", then the entire effect of "Pot of Avarice" disappears.
You select 5 targets for "Pot of Avarice", and then when you chain "Serial Spell" you must select 5 targets.
You are forced to build a deck that supports the benefits of Avarice.
www.xerocreative.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=4514   (1666 words)

  
 Avarice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Yet upon avarice only the Gibblins relied to keep their larders full, and once in every hundred years sent spies into the cities of men to see how avarice did, and always the spies returned again to the tower saying that all was well.
Although the Gibbelins possess an incredible amount of wealth, they use it only "to attract to their larder a continual supply of food." On the other hand, many men place material values on their hoard.
Their prey lured to them by avarice, "the Gibbelins lived and descreditably fed." Even though men who venture into their tower never come back, and fear should stop most men from trying like their predecessors, "the Gibbelins found otherwise."
www.victorianweb.org /authors/dunsany/map8.html   (342 words)

  
 FullMetal Alchemist: Theory of Avarice - TV.com
It's revealed what happens when the alchemic symbol on Ed's jacket is used in a transmutation circle.
Avarice (from the Latin avaritia) is described as the insatiable desire to have more then one needs.
Tell the world what you think of Theory of Avarice, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /fullmetal-alchemist/theory-of-avarice/episode/412292/summary.html   (399 words)

  
 Released on Gaia and Realms, time to bring it here... Survivor's Avarice! - TCGPlayer.com Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
These monsters are then used to outlast the opponent's monster resources and pound into them with their weak little attacks.
Like a great medieval seige the fortress of Avarice will remain unscathed as it pushes the enemy back.
Dude, your gonna draw avarice in your first hand 80% of the time, after a few duels you'll just give up on the idea from frusration.
forum.tcgplayer.com /showthread.php?t=60120   (1168 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Is pot of avarice just like another pot of greed?
The only way Pot of Avarice could be banned is if Painful Choice became unbanned.
Greed and Avarice are both a 1 for 2, but Avarice leaves your deck at a +3 rather than a -2.
I would only use Avarice in my Swarm decks, such as my Harpies, where my monsters are very important and easy to bring out.
boards.ign.com /board/b6607/109811881/p1?3   (601 words)

  
 CD Baby: AVARICE: Through the Eyes of the Blind
Disturbed, Creed, Sevendust, and Metallica are bands that Avarice considers being their biggest influences.
Having been welcomed into the Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids music scenes with open arms, Avarice is looking to expand their club circuit rotation.
As I will agree that the gentlemen from Avarice know how to sing and play, it's still the same old mid-tempo metal.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/avarice   (502 words)

  
 Soul Control (Now with 100% more Avarice) - YuGiOhRealms
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Besides, without it, ever duel I played I always had at least five monsters in the graveyard when I drew avarice.
OK, I took out one tomato for a merchant, and i have a second soul exchange side decked just in case the 2 avarices don't work out.
www.yugiohrealms.com /forum/showthread.php?t=448912   (321 words)

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