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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

Hear the other side.

Hear the other side.

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

Love is the beauty of the soul.

Love is the beauty of the soul.

He that is jealous is not in love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a...

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...