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Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville

Isidore of Seville (560-636 AD) was a Spanish saint, scholar, and bishop of Seville. He is considered one of the most important scholars of the early medieval period and is best known for his work 'Etymologiae', a comprehensive dictionary of Latin words. He was also a bishop of Seville and contributed significantly to theology, philosophy, history, geography, and the natural sciences. more

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“A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which they and their possessor deserve. If they have been acquired by fraud or violence, if they make him proud and vain, if they minister to luxury and intemperance, if they are avariciously hoarded up and applied to no proper use, the possessor becomes odious and contemptible.”

“He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as they put it into the hands of men to be more exemplary and more useful than they could be in an obscure and private life. But then these are means conducting to an end, and that end is goodness.”