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A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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Thomas Hammerlein
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Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?
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Always be ready always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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If thou be not busy for thyself now, who shall be busy for thee in time to come?
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It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life.
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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills.
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Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.
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To be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace.
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Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly in God that he will not need the consolations of men.
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