Solicitude for material things rends the soul; thus distracted, it divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and thereby kills it. (Anthony of Padua)

Solicitude for material things rends the soul; thus distracted, it divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and thereby kills it.

Anthony of Padua

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