Thomas a Kempis Quotes - Page 13

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• It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.

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  Army, Undone, Duty

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• And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind.

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  Sight, Mind, Forgetfulness

  'De Imitatione Christi' bk. 1, ch. 23, sect. 1

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• The end of all is death and man's life passeth away suddenly as a shadow.

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  Death, Men, Shadow

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• Is a man one whit the better because he is grown great in other men's esteem?

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  Greatness, Men, Esteem

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• O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

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  Passing Away, Earth, Glory

  "Imitation of Christ", Book I, Chapter III. 6, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 313-14, 1922.

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• The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

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  Obeying The Law, Safe, Obedience

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• For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.

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  Jesus, Blessed, Heart

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 372, 1895.

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• Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.

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  Passing Away, World, Glory

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• It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity, or by any adversity subdued.

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  Mean, Adversity, Love Is

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• He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.

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  Grace, Enough, Grace Of God

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• Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

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  Good Life, Men, Holy

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