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If you deny yourself in order to accumulate wealth, you are only accumulating it for someone else. Others will use your riches to live in luxury.
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How can you be generous with others if you are stingy with yourself, if you are not willing to enjoy your own wealth?
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No one is worse off than someone who is stingy with himself; it is a sin that brings its own punishment.
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When such a person does something good, it is only by accident; his selfishness will sooner or later be evident.
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A selfish person is evil; he turns his back on people's needs
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and is never satisfied with what he has. Greed will shrivel up a person's soul.
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Some people are too stingy to put bread on their own table.
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My child, treat yourself as well as you can, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
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Remember that death is coming for you some day, and you haven't been told when that will be.
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Before that day comes, be kind to your friends; be as generous as you can.
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Don't deny yourself a single day's happiness. If there is something you want to do and it is lawful, go ahead!