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"What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian."
- Milton, John

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/12857/">What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5026/">Milton, John</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/evil/">Evil</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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