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Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
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Jacksonville
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