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For the most part, righteousness of life leads a man to poverty.

— Gregory Thaumaturgus

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Since the hour when Christ despoiled Hades, men have danced in triumph over death.

If wisdom follows knowledge, so troubles attend on wisdom.

I put a poor youth, if he be wise, before an aged prince devoid of wisdom.

There is nothing either created or in servitude in the Trinity; nor anything superinduced, as if at some former period it was non-existent.

The fool is proved above all things by his finding no satisfaction in any lust.

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It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

Solomon

If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

Leo Tolstoy

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

Emil Cioran The Trouble With Being Born (1973)

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