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SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Italian religious leader
(1182 - 1226)

Gold hath no lustre of its own.
  It shines by temperate use alone.
      - [Gold]

Lord, make me an Instrument of Thy Peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. . . .
      - [Peace]

Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.
      - [Action]

Stronger than thunder's winged force
  All-powerful gold can speed its course;
    Through watchful guards its passage make,
      And loves through solid walls do break.
      - [Gold]

The body, too, with, yesterday's excess
  Burden'd and tired shall the pure soul depress;
    Weigh down this portion of celestial birth,
      The breath of God, and fix it to the earth.
      - [Excess]

The secret consciousness
  Of duty well performed; the public voice
    Of praise that honors virtue, and rewards it;
      All these are yours.
      - [Duty]

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