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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Havering
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God
Reason
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Humility
Heart
None
Enforces
Men
Neither
Prevail
Love
Strength
Beloved
Proud
Thou
Virtue
Humble

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