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The leech has two daughters

This is an example of something that always wants more. AT: "Greed has two daughters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

leech

a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin and sucks blood

There are three things that are never satisfied,

This use of the numbers 'three' and 'four' together here is likely a poetic device. AT: "There are four things that are never satisfied, who never say, "Enough""

never satisfied

AT: "always want more" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)

scorns obedience

"despises to obey"

ravens

large, shiny, black birds that eat plants and dead animals

vultures

any one of several large birds that eat dead animals and have small, featherless heads