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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.

St. Jerome

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
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Athlete Himself Inspirational Motivational
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Ignorance Worst Yourself
The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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Drink Enough Fear Reach Scripture
The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Friendship Reality
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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God Ignorance Religion Scripture
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
Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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Angel Born Care God Greatness Ideas Moments Ourselves Soul
A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Heart Idol Religious Vice
Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Practice Talk Yourself
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Mindset Secret Talk
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
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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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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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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