The words must be spoken. The thoughts must be thought. The plans must be planned. The deeds must be done. - Jack Vance

“I have not been tamed,” said Finnerack. “I have only been enslaved.”

“What are you doing here?”
“I’m looking at you, and grateful for the opportunity.”

I would define ‘avarice’ as a consequence of the human estate: a condition arising from turbulence and inequality. In none of the paradises, where conditions are no doubt optimum, does ‘avarice’ exert force. Here, we are men struggling toward perfection and ‘avarice’ is a station along the way.