None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role.
halle berryHe who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own.
phaedrusHe covets less Than misery itself would give; rewards His deeds with doing them, and is content To spend the time to end it.
william shakespeareHe's not out seeing a sight but the rock crystal thing to see the startling El Greco brimming with inner light that covets nothing that it has let go. This then you may know as the hero.
marianne mooreThe taste of beauty, and the relish of what is decent, just and amiable, perfects the character of the gentleman and the philosopher. And the study of such a taste or relish will, as we suppose, be ever the great employment and concern of him who covets as well to be wise and good, as agreeable and polite.
Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.
Robert HerrickWhen everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own.