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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

St. Jerome

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
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True
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
So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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Beginning Dignity Heaven Human Moments Person Race Soul Value
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Bad Book Hands Protection Thinking Yourself
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Greatness Poison
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Man Religious Scripture
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
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Equality Man Woman
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Athlete Himself Inspirational Motivational
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Fall Hypocrisy Mistake Sin

While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

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