"Indeed a wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts, to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid."
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Thomas à Kempis The Imitation of Christ book 1 Ch. 25; translation by George Stanhope.
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