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It has never been recommended to confuse loving with seeking to please... ...Salome pleased Herod's guests I can hardly believe she was burning with love for them. As for poor John the Baptist... ...she certainly did not envelop him in her love.

Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain
Age: 90 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 18
Died: 1973
Died: April 28
Diplomat
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Burning
Herod
Never
John
Recommended
Love
Seeking
Baptist
Loving
Baptists
Certainly
Confuse
Please
Pleased
Poor
Guests
Envelop
Hardly
Salome
Believe

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