“Remember that sore saying spoken once
By Him that was the Truth, 'How hard it is
For the rich man to enter into heaven!'
Let all rich men remember that hard word.”

—  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Act iv, scene 3
Queen Mary: A Drama (published 1876)

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