For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESCook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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