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Basil of Caesarea on Valentine's Day

329–379 Greece

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Those who love their neighbor as themselves possess nothing more than their neighbor.

To the Rich (368)

You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love.

To the Rich (368)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Basil of Caesarea (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.