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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

St. Jerome

Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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Children Compassionate Heart Live Man Mom Pain Suffering World
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Food Herself Hide Money Poor Store
While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Evil Happiness Truth Wait
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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Devil Man Scripture Worst
Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Animal Eat Home Sin
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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God Ignorance Religion Scripture
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Death Faith God Life Love Oneself Purity Service
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Mindset Secret Talk
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
Haste is of the Devil.
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Devil One Liner
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Humanity Move Power True
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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One Liner Tired Walk
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Act Action Talk Word
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Appearance Body Fashion Purity Reveal Talk
Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Marriage Religious Sacred Vice
Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Entrepreneur Failure Inspirational
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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Happiness Learning Love Tongue
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Fine Stomach Thinking
Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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Action Practice Talk Word Yourself
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True

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