COVET, v.i. To desire that which the owner wickedly withholds.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Covet,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-07)
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I think if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does on lust, this would be a better world for all of us.
Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) American entertainer, author
Lake Wobegon Days (1985)
