[Propertalk] Weekly Illustration

[Joe Parrish]

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The same in private as in public

  Francis de Sales is one of the revered saints of French history. A bishop
planned to write a biography of de Sales, so he wanted to know what de Sales
was really like. Therefore, when he visited de Sales, the bishop drilled a
hole in the wall so he could spy on de Sales' conduct, to see if he could
find the secret of his holy life. What he learned was almost nothing, but it
was also almost everything. He discovered that de Sales was the same in
private as in public. He slipped out of bed quietly early in the morning,
being careful not to awaken his servant. He prayed, answered correspondence
and took care of his ordinary tasks in the same gracious manner that he
followed when he was in public. Francis de Sales had clean hands; his
conduct was honorable, in private and in public.

 

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