Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites… — Josemaría Escrivá
Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock, like a pig, like a bull. Honours, distinctions, titles: things of air, puffs of pride, lies, nothingness.
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