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God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.

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