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Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men whatever they say about you good or bad you are not because of it another man for as you are you are.
Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men whatever they say about you good or bad you are not because of it another man for as you are you are.
Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
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- Thomas a Kempis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1425 AD · medieval
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Thomas a Kempis: recorded author lifetime 1380–1471. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/thomas-a-kempis (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is thomas-a-kempis; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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