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The scars of others should teach us caution.

St. Jerome

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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Devil Man Scripture Worst
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Knowledge Live Love Meditation Scripture Yourself
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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Care Listening Oneself Talk
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Enemy Photograph Reflection
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Fine Stomach Thinking
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Food Herself Hide Money Poor Store
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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God Ignorance Religion Scripture
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
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
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Man Religious Scripture
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Fall Hypocrisy Mistake Sin
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Humanity Move Power True

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