Ecclesiastes 6:2

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A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

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Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

What good is there for a person in this life? He lives in darkness and cannot be satisfied in his desires. And if he is sated with riches, he loses the enjoyment of his rest, because he is forced to guard the possessions he has acquired through his wretched greed. Thus he possesses them in greater wretchedness, seeing that they can do him no good. For what is more wretched than to be tormented with guarding them and derive no advantage from their abundance? Death as a Good

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Athanasius the Apostolic

AD 373

Let none of us entertain the desire for possessions, for what gain is it to acquire those things which we cannot take with us? Why not rather acquire those that we can take: prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, understanding, charity, love of the poor, faith in Christ, gentleness, hospitality? If we obtain these, we shall find them there before us preparing a welcome for us in the land of the meek. Life of St.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Thereof. "Di tibi divitias dederunt artemque fruendi. "(Horace, i. Ep. 4.) The proper use of riches is rare. (Calmet) Misery. Riches do not make people happy. (Worthington)

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