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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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