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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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Wherefore Ecclesiastes says, “There is a grievous illness which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.” … If you are desirous of treasure, take the invisible and the intangible which is to be found in the heavens on high, not that which is in the deepest veins of the earth. Be poor in spirit and you will be rich, no matter what your worldly goods are. “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions,” but in his virtue and in his faith. This richness will enrich you if you are rich in your relations to God. .
