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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

St Francis De Sales

If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality
Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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Angry Enemy Exception Ourselves Scream Soul
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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Command Forever God Moments Pregnant
Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Complaint Greatness Imperfection
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Fools Himself Hold Man Wisdom
Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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Death One Liner Pride
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Love Need Ourselves
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
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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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Beautiful Flower Garden Growth
Be who you are and be that well.
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Be Yourself Self Love
You learn to love by loving.
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Learning Love One Liner

Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

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