Is prodigality, which is the other sin opposed to liberality, also opposed to avarice?
Yes; for whereas avarice exceeds in the love of riches without being drawn to make good use of them by giving to others, prodigality does not properly estimate riches and distributes them with too ready a hand (CXIX. 1, 2)
Of these two sins which is the more grave?
Avarice, because it is more opposed to the virtue of liberality, which gives rather than retains (CXIX. 3).
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