Avarice
The love of money as a spiritual poison — a vice contrasted with the selfless generosity of holy bishops. Lietbert of Cambrai "believed the love of money to be the surest poison of all his hopes"; Homer admonishes that a king should feed and not fleece his people.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Lietbert of Cambrai "believed the love of money to be the surest poison of all his hopes."
"he believed the love of money to be the surest poison of all his hopes"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Homer's admonition that a king should "feed" his people "as a shepherd feeds sheep, and not fleece them."
"he ought to feed them, as a shepherd feeds sheep, and not fleece them."