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Grace pays its respects to true intrinsic worth, not to the mere signs and trappings of it, which often only show where it ought to be, not where it really is.
Grace pays its respects to true intrinsic worth, not to the mere signs and trappings of it, which often only show where it ought to be, not where it really is.
Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
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- Thomas À Kempis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Thomas à Kempis. · page_131
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