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\u201cYou learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working, and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nSt. Francis de Sales (d. 1622)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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