We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we …

C. S. Lewis
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We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1984). The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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