“Preach often, and if necessary, use words”

— Francis of Assisi

This Is Your Time : Make Every Moment Count (2000) by Michael Whitaker Smith and Gary Lee Thomas, p. 93.
Disputed, Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.

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Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order 1182–1226

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