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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people who hope from him riches or perishable and transitory honours, in short they hope to get from God things which are not God himself."

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Steven Adler Musician, Drummer
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"You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you dont have your health, you have nothing."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years."

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
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"When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, "I knew he was mortal." So we in all casualties of life should say "I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man." Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist."

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"...and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / I cried to dream again."

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William Blake Poet, Painter
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"I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their grave only the bruises and marks of their toil."

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Lech Walesa Politician, Activist
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"You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?"

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