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Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.

Matthew Henry

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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Theologian
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Sir y Fflint
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Wealth
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Poor
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Inordinate

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