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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

St. Jerome

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Big Life Live Ourselves Short
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Equality Man Woman
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Athlete Himself Inspirational Motivational
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
If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Himself Religious Soul Teaching
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
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
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
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
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
Haste is of the Devil.
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Devil One Liner
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Blood Endurance Growth Rage Religious
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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Fall Heaven Maintain Marriage Religious Sex Sin

It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

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