"Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses."

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Source: Thomas Adams (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.351

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Thomas Adams was a prominent thinker known for his exploration of freedom and control in society, particularly through his influential writings.

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