Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.Saint Francis de Sales
There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
Saint Francis de Sales
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
Saint Francis de Sales
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
Saint Francis de Sales
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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