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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.

St. Jerome

Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Heart Idol Religious Vice
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
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Busy Devil 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
If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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Bad Goodness Touch Woman
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
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Friendship Reality
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Ignorance Worst Yourself
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Empty Preserve Stomach
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
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

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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