Quotemeal: Aug. 7th, 1956

Tuesday, August 7, 1956

"If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns."
— Author Unknown

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Illustration of Author Unknown — "If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns."

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