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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.

Bernard of Clairvaux

A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.
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Break Friendship Lacking
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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Enjoyment Love May Order
Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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Angel Faithful Father Powerful
The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Heart Jesus Sweet Wound
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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Compassion Fall Fraught Gracious Jesus
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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Able Answers Righteousness Sin
With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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Christian Fall Heart
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Greater Joy Misery
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Faith Giving Inspiration
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Learning Tree Vines
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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Forgiving Heart Taken

Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.

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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.

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