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Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

Richard Sibbes

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Richard Sibbes
Age: 58 †
Born: 1577
Born: January 1
Died: 1635
Died: January 1
Theologian
Tostock
Suffolk
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Feeds
Affliction
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Pride
Poverty

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