"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."
-Saint Basil
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"A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.“
-Saint Basil
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