"Prosperity and luxury gradually extinguish sympathy, and by inflating with pride, harden and debase the soul."

(William Wilberforce, 1759-1833) [1]

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[1] The New Encyclopedia of Christian quotations / compiled by Mark Water, Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2000, p. 1106.