He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
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Love is the greatest thing that God can give us for Himself is love and it is the greatest thing we can give to God for it will also give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours. The apostle calls it the band of perfection it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments for it is the fulfilling of the Law.
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