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34 Of Riches I cannot call riches better than the baggage of virtue. The Roman word is better, impedimenta. For as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue. It cannot be spared, nor left behind, but it hindreth the march; yea, and the care of it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], sometimes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], loseth or disturbed! the victory: of great riches, there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit So saith Solomon; Where much is, there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner, but the sight of it with his eyes? The personal fruition in any man, cannot reach to feel great riches: there is a custody of them; or a power of dole and donative of them; or a fame of them; but no solid use to the owner. Do you not see,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], what feigned prices are set upon little stones, and rarities? And what works of ostentation are undertaken,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], because there might seem to be some use of great riches? But then you will say, they may be of use, to buy men out of dangers or troubles. As Solomon saith; Riches are as a strong hold, in the imagination of the rich man. But BUS is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact For certainly great riches have sold more men, than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them. But distinguish, as Cicero saith well of Rabirius Postumus; in studio rei amplificandae apparebat non avaritiae praeda
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