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He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

Approximate author period: c. 1536 AD · renaissance

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John Calvin
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1536 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1509 to 1564; Wikidata Q37577, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37577 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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