1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ecclesiastes 5:9 | A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches, shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. | Money. Avarice is like a dropsy, (Calmet) or poison, infecting all the person. (Sallust.) --- The miser is the slave, and not the possessor, of his riches, (St. Chrysostom) like Tantalus, who could not drink, though in the midst of waters. (Horace, 1:Sat. 1.) --- Nescis quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum. |