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If thy friends tire of thee, remember that it is human to tire of everything.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Catholic Priest
Lebanon
Kentucky
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As our power over others increases, we become less free for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.
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Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.
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The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.
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What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best.
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