But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and perdition.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
He did not say: Those who are rich. He said: Those who seek to become rich…. The name of riches is, as it were, sweetsounding to the ear. But, “many vain and harmful desires”—does that sound sweet? To be “involved in many troubles”—does that sound sweet? Do not be so misled by one false good that you will thereby cling to many real evils.
