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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

St. Jerome

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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Battle Death Engagement Field Friendship Survive War
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
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
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
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
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Affection Love Money Price
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
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
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Creation Force God Heart Human Love Mindset
Woman is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner Root Woman
I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Marriage Myself Praise
When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Deep God Prayer Reading Spiritual Talk
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Act Action Talk Word
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

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