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QUOTATION:Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.
ATTRIBUTION:John Wesley (1703–1791), British preacher, founder of Methodism. journal entry, Sept. 1, 1778.

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