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. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.
. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.
Approximate author period: c. 1548 AD · renaissance
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- Teresa of Ávila
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- Approximate author period: c. 1548 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Teresa of Ávila, based on documented lifetime 1515 to 1582. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174880 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174880 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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