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Of two evils we must always choose the least.
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
Evils
Choose
Least
Evil
Two
Must
Always
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
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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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