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For this alone it was, that taught us to make them eternally profitable unto us, by charitably dispending them. Aristotle discoursing to us concerning Moral Virtues, and man's happiness, could tell us, that Virtue, though it were an excellent thing, yet our happiness did not consist in having it, but in the use of it, and living according unto it• As it was Aristotle 's opinion betwixt Virtue and Happiness, so is it betwixt Riches and Profit: Profit consists not in the possession of riches, but in the using them, and bestowing them. |
For this alone it was, that taught us to make them eternally profitable unto us, by charitably dispending them. Aristotle discoursing to us Concerning Moral Virtues, and Man's happiness, could tell us, that Virtue, though it were an excellent thing, yet our happiness did not consist in having it, but in the use of it, and living according unto it• As it was Aristotle is opinion betwixt Virtue and Happiness, so is it betwixt Riches and Profit: Profit consists not in the possession of riches, but in the using them, and bestowing them. |
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