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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Break
Hard
Good
Custom
Men
Scarce
Unto
Customs
Otherwise
Tradition

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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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