“Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.”

—  Charles Spurgeon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 207.

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