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No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful.
George MacDonald
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George MacDonald
Age: 80 †
Born: 1824
Born: December 10
Died: 1905
Died: September 18
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Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken.
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In Giving, a man receives more than he gives and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
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Yet I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to believe it. What we call evil, is the only and best shape, which, for the person and his condition at the time, could be assumed by the best good. And so, FAREWELL.
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