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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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 Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
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Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
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Simplicity reaches out after God purity discovers and enjoys Him.
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Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
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He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.
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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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The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.
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When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.
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Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
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Know all and you will pardon all.
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
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