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Henry David Thoreau quote: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can..."

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

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Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance to be got over as fast as possible! No; it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself. God's little children repent, and so do the young men and the fathers. Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith. Charles Spurgeon
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