We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
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God is best known in not knowing him.
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He who labours, prays.
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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
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This world’s a bubble.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
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The purpose of all war is peace.
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Custom is second nature.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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