Quotemeal: Aug. 10th, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012

"Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."
— Thomas à Kempis

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "Do not be angry that you cannot make others as you would wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

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