Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Ecclesiasticus 31:9
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 53, footnote 7 (Image)
Ambrose: Select Works and Letters
Dogmatic Treatises, Ethical Works, and Sermons. (HTML)
On the Duties of the Clergy. (HTML)
Book II. (HTML)
Chapter XIV. Prudence is combined with all the virtues, especially with contempt of riches. (HTML)
... that the world is the fatherland of the wise man. She fears not want, for she knows that nothing is wanting to the wise man, since the whole world of riches is his. What is greater than the man that knows not how to be excited at the thought of money, and has a contempt for riches, and looks down as from some lofty vantage-ground on the desires of men? Men think that one who acts thus is more than man: “Who is this,” it says, “and we will praise him. For wonderful things hath he done in his life.”[Ecclesiasticus 31:9] Surely he ought to be admired who despises riches, seeing that most place them even before their own safety.