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Tryon Edwards: To possess money is very well; it may be a most valuable servant; to be…

To possess money is very well; it may be a most valuable servant; to be possessed by it, is to be possessed by a devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.

In today’s wordsTo have money is fine; it can be a very valuable servant. But to be possessed by it is to be possessed by a devil, and one of the meanest kind.

Tryon EdwardsCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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