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Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

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I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.

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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

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Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

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Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.

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Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer

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Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

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Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

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Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

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Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

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If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.

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We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.

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For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next.

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Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

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God does not expect us to submit our faith to him without reason, but the very limits of our reason make faith a necessity.

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Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate.

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Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.

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