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Definition of Greedy
Greedy

Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.

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Greedy Quotations

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.
Robert G. Allen

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
Warren Buffett

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Maya Angelou

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy baby hanging from the breast.
Charles Baudelaire

Greedy Translations

greedy in Afrikaans is gretig
greedy in Dutch is begerig, happig, belust, gretig
greedy in Finnish is ahne
greedy in French is cupide, glouton, avide
greedy in German is habgierig, gierig
greedy in Italian is vorace
greedy in Latin is avarus


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