"The rich are like beasts of burden,..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their grave only the bruises and marks of their toil.
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“...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.”
“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”
“What difference, if you are mistaken? For if I am mistaken, I am. For he who is not, assuredly cannot be mistaken; and therefore I am, if I am mistaken. Therefore because I am if I am mistaken, how am I mistaken that I am, when it is sure that I am, if I am mistaken.”