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Riches oftentimes, if nobody takes them away, make to themselves…
Quote byRobert Leighton · 1611–1684
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Forty Thousand Quotations (1917).
English (original)
Riches oftentimes, if nobody takes them away, make to themselves wings and fly away; and truly, many a time the undue sparing of them is but letting their wings grow, which makes them ready to fly away; and the contributing a part of them to do good only clips their wings a little and makes them stay the longer with their owner.
— Robert Leighton
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