The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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Evagrius Ponticus
AD 399
An abundance of evil can be revealed in wealth. But this type of evil should be viewed as more of a weakness. Therefore, everyone who guards his wealth for himself does not know the wisdom of God, nor is his heart inclined to insight, nor to instructing his children. He has neither received the words of God’s commandments nor has he hidden them in his heart. –.
