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Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.

John Stott

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John Stott
Age: 90 †
Born: 1921
Born: April 27
Died: 2011
Died: July 27
Anglican Priest
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Missionary
Theologian
Writer
London
England
John Robert Walmsley Stott
Simplicity
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Cousin
Contentment

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