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a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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Verse 2. Thereof. “Di tibi divitias dederunt artemque fruendi.” Hor. i. Ep. 4.—The proper use of riches is rare. Calmet.—Misery. Riches do not make people happy. Worthington.
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