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Michel de Montaigne

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Michel de Montaigne

Nature

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Montaigne means that greed is the first bad habit that appears in human nature and also the last one to disappear. It shows how deeply rooted and persistent this desire is in corrupt behavior.

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