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Time is of your own making Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead.

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Angelus Silesius
Age: 52 †
Born: 1624
Born: December 1
Died: 1677
Died: June 9
Cleric
Physician Writer
Poet
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Theologian
Writer
Breslau
Johann Scheffler
Johann Angelus Silesius
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