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[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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