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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

St. Jerome

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Busy Devil Yourself
Haste is of the Devil.
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Devil One Liner
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Deep Easy Fast Talk
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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Death Expense Himself Man Mom
For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Change Death Deep Forever Human Ourselves
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
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Empty Preserve Stomach
Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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Book Daughter God Heart Life Yourself
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Hard Impression Mindset White
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.

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