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Conceit: Vanity By Basilea Schlink

Published May 30, 2011 |

A conceited person! These words are not exactly what you would call a compliment! Yet the highest goal of a… Continue reading →

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“I never felt such an entire emptiness of self-love, or any regard to any private, selfish interest of my own. It seemed to me, that I had entirely done with myself. I felt that the opinions of the world concerning me were nothing, and that I had no more to do with any outward interest of my own, than with that of a person whom I never saw. The glory of God seemed to be all, and in all, and to swallow up every wish and desire of my heart” – Sarah Edwards, wife of Jonathan Edwards

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