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I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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Nowhere
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Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
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May not be your peace in the mouth of the men since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
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If thou may not continually gather thyself together, do it sometime at least once a day, morning or evening.
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No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
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