German - Clergyman | 1380 - 1471
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
Thomas a Kempis
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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
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He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
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Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
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Man proposes, but God disposes.
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If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
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Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
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Remember that lost time does not return.
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But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
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What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
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How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
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All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
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