"Expect temptation to your last breath."

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Source: Anthony Trollope (2015). “Barchester Towers (Unabidged): Victorian Classic from the prolific English novelist, known for The Palliser Novels, The Prime Minister, The Warden, Doctor Thorne, Can You Forgive Her? and Phineas Finn”, p.282, e-artnow

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Anthony the Great

Monk, Theologian

Anthony the Great was a Christian monk whose teachings on asceticism and leadership shaped early monasticism and spiritual practices.

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