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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

St. Jerome

It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Ignorance Worst Yourself
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
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
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
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Honesty One Liner Place Secret Talk
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Greatness Poison
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Affection Love Money Price
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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Death Expense Himself Man Mom
He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Enough Food One Liner Rich
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Change Death Deep Forever Human Ourselves
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
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Bad Book Hands Protection Thinking Yourself

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