FERNEZE: Excesse of wealth is cause of covetousnesse:
And covetousnesse, oh ’tis a monstrous sinne.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet

The Jew of Malta, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 124ff (c. 1590)
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The Governor of Malta, having just appropriated Barabas' entire estate to help pay off the Turks.