A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility thankfulness and C. S. Lewis Quotes
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A man who is eating or lying with his wife, or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is by Christian standards in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

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