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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

St. Jerome

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
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
Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Animal Eat Home Sin
So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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Beginning Dignity Heaven Human Moments Person Race Soul Value
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Honesty One Liner Place Secret Talk
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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Care Listening Oneself Talk
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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Avoid Business Man Sick Yourself
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Doubt Himself
It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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Beginning Offering Ourselves Seek
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
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
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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One Liner Tired Walk
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
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

It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

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