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On the contrary Aristides, by his poverty, made justice odious, as if it were the pest and impoverisher of a family and beneficial to all, rather than to those that were endowed with it.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

"War, then," he said, "war, the grand impoverisher, is also a creator of wealth which it wastes and devours?"

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir