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Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which god can give a man. what are they to god's word, to bodily gifts, such as beauty and health; or to the gifts of the mind, such as understanding, skill, wisdom! yet men toil for them day and night, and take no rest. therefore god commonly gives riches to foolish people to whom he gives nothing else.
-Martin Luther
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Riches Are The Pettiest And Least Worthy

Martin Luther
Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which god can give a man. what are they to god's word, to bodily gifts, such as beauty and health; or to the gifts of the mind, such as understanding, skill, wisdom! yet men toil for them day and night, and take no rest. therefore god commonly gives riches to foolish people to whom he gives nothing else.
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