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"Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good."

Thomas a Kempis, Dutch Cleric

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"Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good."

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