Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It’s a spiritual dissipation.
Self-sacrifice
Quotations by Margaret Deland
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It’s a spiritual dissipation. Margaret Deland
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