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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

St. Jerome

Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Act Action Talk Word
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 fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Fine Stomach Thinking
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
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
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
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
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Equality Man Woman
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
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Appearance Body Fashion Purity Reveal Talk
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Empty Preserve Stomach
Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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Dangerous Devil Road Woman Women Empowerment
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
While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Evil Happiness Truth Wait
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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End Home Mistake Ourselves Talk

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

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