Adversity hath slain her thousand, but prosperity her ten thousand.

Thomas Brooks
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  1. If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more knowing a man you are, the more miserable a...

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