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All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Francis of Assisi
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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
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Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone
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A promise is a child of the understanding and the will the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
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