"He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Magnam habet cordis tranquillitatem, qui nec laudes curat, nec vituperia. — Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ (ca. 1418), book II, ch. VI, paragraph 2