“Five enemies of peace live within us— greed, lust for power, envy, anger, and pride. If these were to be banished, we would certainly enjoy perpetual peace.”
Francesco Petrarch
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Five enemies of peace live within us— greed, lust for power, envy, anger, and pride. If these were to be banished, we would certainly enjoy perpetual peace.”
Francesco Petrarch
I heard it summed up as vanity, jealousy, lust, and greed. It’s the same difference.
It’s all summed up in one of the Ten Commandments. “Thou shalt not covet”.
Coveting is desiring something so much that you will do anything to get it.
The Bible says; “From whence come wars? It’s from wanting that which is not yours to have.”