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est_fw-la dives_fw-la et_fw-la impertitio_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la possessio_fw-la divites_fw-la facit_fw-la clemens_n alexand._n paedag._n lib._n 3._o not_o he_o that_o possess_v wealth_n and_o keep_v it_o by_o he_o but_o he_o that_o distribute_v it_o be_v rich_a neither_o be_v it_o the_o have_v but_o the_o lay_v out_o of_o riches_n that_o make_v man_n rich_a terrena_fw-la omne_fw-la servando_fw-la amittimus_fw-la largiendo_fw-la servamus_fw-la isiodorus_n we_o lose_v all_o earthly_a thing_n by_o keep_v they_o and_o by_o give_v they_o away_o we_o keep_v they_o lucrum_fw-la est_fw-la egenis_fw-la dare_v say_v st._n basil._n it_o be_v the_o best_a way_n of_o thrive_a to_o give_v to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o want_n faecundus_fw-la est_fw-la agre_z pauperum_fw-la cito_fw-la reddit_fw-la donantibus_fw-la fructum_fw-la aug._n serm._n de_fw-fr divite_fw-la the_o field_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v very_o fruitful_a and_o quick_o yield_v a_o increase_n to_o the_o charitable_a the_o fame_n 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