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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

St. Jerome

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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Book Daughter God Heart Life Yourself
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Friendship Reality
Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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Angel Born Care God Greatness Ideas Moments Ourselves Soul
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Busy Devil Yourself
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Blood Endurance Growth Rage Religious
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Afraid Alone Goodness Marriage Night
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Knowledge Live Love Meditation Scripture Yourself
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
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Evil Happiness Truth Wait
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Hard Impression Mindset White
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
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

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

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