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Man takes a great deal of pains to heap up riches, and they are but like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.

Matthew Henry

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
Author
Theologian
Writer
Sir y Fflint
Takes
Heap
Pain
Pains
Nothing
Riches
Great
Spread
Good
Field
Men
Fields
Furrows
Like
Unless
Heaps
Deal
Manure

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