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Integrity
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 1, 2012 (message contributor)
Quote: Francis Bacon:
• “It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong;
• Not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich;
• Not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned;
• Not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians”.
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