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1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

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Caesarius of Arles

AD 542

Pride is the first worm of riches; it is a harmful gnawing worm which gnaws at everything and reduces it to ashes. “Charge the rich of this world not to be proud, or to trust in the uncertainty of riches,” lest perhaps one goes to sleep as a rich man and arises a poor man.

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