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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Saint Augustine

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It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds.
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He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
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Glory God Love Sake
No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.
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Church Father God Mother
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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Believe God Prayer Work Hard
Do not be afraid to throw yourself on the Lord!
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Afraif God Lord Throw Yourself
Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Adversity Brave Cheer Endurance Love Moderate Prosperity Suffering
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Gift God Preparation Respond Slow
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Future God Love Mercy Past Present Provide Trust
If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men.
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Bad Forgiveness Justice Man Suffering
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
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Charity Essential Liberty Unity
Life is a misery, death an uncertainty.
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Death Life Misery One Liner Uncertain
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Goodness Live Time
Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Love Mortal Slave Soul Unhappy
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Complete Easy Moderation Perfection
In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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Dazzle Flory Inspirational Wound
I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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