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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."

Thomas a Kempis, Dutch Cleric

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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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