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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the advantage of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to those that have it. "A wise man with riches has more glory than just a wise man alone. For some men need wisdom, some wealth, but he who is both wise and not rich is able to teach what is good, but meanwhile he can't show what is to be sought. …
Bonaventure
And that money is useful, he shows through its effect: "For as wisdom protects," namely from fault: Proverbs 2: "If wisdom shall enter your heart, and knowledge shall please your soul, counsel shall keep you, and prudence shall preserve you"; "so also does money protect," namely when well spent: Sirach 29: "The alms of a man is as a purse with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye." And although both are useful, yet wisdom is more useful: therefore he adds: "But wisdom and learning have this advantage …
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