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“Men try to appear excellent in preaching but they are less excellent in practicing what they preach.”

― Benedicta Ward, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
tags: charisma, hypocrisy, poemen, practicing-what-you-preach
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59) The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection by Benedicta Ward
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