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The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed... The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will never let the mind have rest.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
Author
Clergyman
Theologian
Writer
Pennsylvania
United States
Aiden Wilson Tozer
Love
Enemy
Heavy
Opinion
Indeed
Effort
Humility
Self
Labor
Touchy
Heart
Honor
Shield
Every
Protect
Shields
Mind
Friend
Slight
Never
Rest
Fierce

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