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If you get greedy you have to continue to be greedier and greedier to be happy—it never ends.
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The quote describes greed as a cycle that cannot satisfy itself. Once someone wants more, they may feel they need even more to regain happiness. The phrase “it never ends” emphasizes that increasing desire does not provide a lasting stopping point or final sense of enough.
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