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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
Novelist
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
Words
Often
Pierce
Easy
Mark
Air
Understood
Ones
Learned
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