A fool has not material enough to be good. [Fr. , Un sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour … - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When you happen to be entirely unoccupied with created things so that you seem to be thinking of nothing and desiring nothing, you should know that then your soul in unconsciously occupied with God and in God.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A fool has not material enough to be good. [Fr. , Un sot n'a pas assez d'etoffe pour etre bon. ]

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