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Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
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It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.
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Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Thought thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.
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