Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. — Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.

— Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
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